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summersweet

summersweet noun: clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.

Noun

summersweet (usually uncountable, plural summersweets)

  1. (usually) Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.

Synonyms of summersweet

Forms of summersweet

pluralsummersweets

Origin of summersweet

From summer + sweet.

Questions about summersweet

What does summersweet mean?
Summersweet means clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.
What part of speech is summersweet?
Summersweet is a noun.
What is the plural of summersweet?
The plural of summersweet is summersweets.

Words near summersweet in the dictionary

  1. summersome
  2. Summerson
  3. Summersons
  4. Summerston
  5. Summersville
  6. summersweet
  7. summersweets
  8. summerteeth
  9. summertide
  10. summertides
  11. summertime

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