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sweet-gale

sweet-gale is the alternative form of sweet gale.

Meaning of sweet gale

Noun

sweet gale (uncountable)

  1. An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous scent, Myrica gale, growing on moors and fens.

Forms of sweet-gale

pluralsweet-gales

Questions about sweet-gale

What is sweet-gale the alternative form of?
Sweet-gale is the alternative form of sweet gale.

Words near sweet-gale in the dictionary

  1. sweet-brier
  2. sweet-briers
  3. sweet-clover
  4. sweet-clovers
  5. sweet-corn
  6. sweet-gale
  7. sweet-gales
  8. sweet-gum
  9. sweet-gums
  10. sweet-hearted
  11. sweet-heartedly

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