myrtle

English Thesaurus

1. widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	periwinkle,
definition	:	chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers (noun.plant)

2. any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	angiospermous tree, flowering tree,
definition	:	any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	common myrtle, myrtus communis,
definition	:	European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries (noun.plant)