Sweet-gale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sweet-gale is a noun meaning (rare) Alternative form of sweet gale.
Meaning
(rare) Alternative form of sweet gale.
Example Sentences
The myrica or sweet-gale, also, with its serrated leaves and dry berry, the ancient substitute for hops, presented itself in almost every part of the uncultivated moor.
On entering one of these forests, one observes at once that although there are many small trees of holly, and bushes of sweet-gale, the ground is free from litter and brush.
Word Forms
- sweet-gales
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gale, sweetclover, sweet leaf, sweetbriar, gallingale, sweetshrub.
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