sweet gale

sweet gale
noun
bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
• Syn: ↑Scotch gale, ↑Myrica gale
• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrica, ↑genus Myrica

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noun
Etymology: gale from Middle English gale, gayl sweet gale — more at ferngale
: a bog shrub (Myrica gale) found throughout the north temperate zone and having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves — called also Scotch gale

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an aromatic shrub, Myrica gale, of marshes, having lance-shaped leaves and yellowish fruit. Also called bog myrtle, moor myrtle.
[1630-40]

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sweet gale noun
Bog myrtle, a low-growing aromatic shrub found in bogs
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Main Entry: ↑sweet

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sweet gale,
a low, aromatic shrub of Europe, Asia, and North America with yellowish fruit; gale.

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n. a deciduous shrub of boggy places, with short upright catkins and aromatic gray-green leaves. It has insecticidal properties. Also called bog myrtle. ● Myrica gale, family Myricaceae
Origin:
mid 17th cent.: gale from Old English gagel, gagelle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gagel, German Gagel

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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