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wintersweet

wintersweet noun: any of the flowering plants of the genus Chimonanthus.

Noun

wintersweet (usually uncountable, plural wintersweets)

  1. (usually) Any of the flowering plants of the genus Chimonanthus.

Forms of wintersweet

pluralwintersweets

Origin of wintersweet

From winter + sweet.

Questions about wintersweet

What does wintersweet mean?
Wintersweet means any of the flowering plants of the genus Chimonanthus.
What part of speech is wintersweet?
Wintersweet is a noun.
What is the plural of wintersweet?
The plural of wintersweet is wintersweets.

Words near wintersweet in the dictionary

  1. wintersports
  2. Wintersteen
  3. Wintersteens
  4. Winterstein
  5. Wintersteins
  6. wintersweet
  7. wintersweets
  8. Winterswijk
  9. Winterthur
  10. wintertide
  11. wintertides

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