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Sweet Gale

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Noun

1. myrica gale, scotch gale, sweet gale

bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sweet Gale

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noun
a shrub, Myrica gale, of northern swamp regions, having yellow catkin-like flowers and aromatic leaves: family Myricaceae
. Also called: bog myrtle. Often shortened to: gale

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Sweet Gale

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a fragrant marsh plant (Myrica gale) of the bayberry family, with bitter leaves and yellowish flowers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sweet Gale

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n.
A deciduous shrub (Myrica gale) of northern Eurasian and North American wetlands, having clusters of small unisexual flowers and aromatic resinous leaves used medicinally and in brewing.

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