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English
Etymology
From Latin myrtētum.
Noun
myrtetum (plural myrteta)
- A myrtle grove.
1971, Charlotte F. Otten, The Herbal Tradition in the Poetry of John Milton, page 118:While in today's English gardens the rhododendron is more frequently found than the myrtle, The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew already at the time of the herbalist William Turner (c. 1510-1568) included a myrtetum […]
Latin
Etymology
myrtus (“myrtle”) + -etum (“grove”)
Pronunciation
Noun
myrtētum n (genitive myrtētī); second declension
- myrtle grove
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “myrtetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- myrtetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.