Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[~e]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.]

(Bot.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.

Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle.

Bog myrtle, the sweet gale.

Crape myrtle. See under Crape.

Myrtle warbler (Zo["o]l.), a North American wood warbler (Dendroica coronata); -- called also myrtle bird, yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.

Myrtle wax. (Bot.) See Bayberry tallow, under Bayberry.

Sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub (Leiophyllum buxifolium), growing in New Jersey and southward.

Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera). See Bayberry.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bog \Bog\, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]

1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago.

2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.]

Bog bean. See Buck bean.

Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.]

Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland.

Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc.

Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum.

Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale.

Bog ore. (Min.)
   (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite.
   (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.

Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.

Bog spavin. See under Spavin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)