bog myrtle

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An herbal shrub with a strong, sweet resinous smell, Myrica gale, that grows in bogs, moors, fens and other wet, acidic environments. countable,uncountable
    — There was nothing of that luxuriance of blossom which had hitherto clothed the wood, for there were no hawthorns; but the bog-myrtle imparted its tender fragrance, and the caressing honeysuckle wound round many an ancient trunk, odours exhaling from every fairy-like tube—fit trumpets for the heralds of Titania.

词形变化

bog myrtles plural bog-myrtle alternative

词源

From bog + myrtle; plants with small evergreen leaves are often named after the myrtle.
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