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n. - Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers.

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  • 317 The myrtle is the young hair upon the side face
  • I was in myrtle beach back in august and caught a shark surf fishing. i was fishin around 7: 30 or 8: 00 at night
  • Not to worry — they wake up at different times, so there’s still a very good chance that your crape myrtle is just fine.
  • Those tall palms are amazing, and that twisted tree trunk some kind of myrtle?
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