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ˈsweet-gale Also 7 -gaule. [See sweet a. and gale n.1] The bog myrtle, Myrica Gale.
1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1451 Rhus sylvestris sive Myrtus Brabantica aut Anglica. Sweete Gaule. 1838M. Howitt Birds & Fl., Pheasant iii, The spicy sweet-gale. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. (1862) 128 The Sweet Gale..has amentaceous achlamydeous flowers. 1851Tennyson E. Morris 110, I..heard..The Sweet-Gale rustle round the shelving keel. |