native myrtle

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native myrtle (plural native myrtles)

  1. (Australia) Any of various Australian plants having myrtle-like leaves, including Myoporum acuminatum. [from 19th c.]
    • 2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 56:
      Or take native myrtle. Any plant that sprouts from the soil surrounding a myrtle coffin will begin producing large red berries.