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Noun: sweet gale  sweet geyl
  1. Bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
    "Sweet gale perfumed the air around the marsh";
    - Scotch gale, Myrica gale, bog myrtle

Derived forms: sweet gales

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Myrica, Myrica

Encyclopedia: Sweet gale