sweet pepperbush

sweet pepperbush

n. A deciduous shrub (Clethra alnifolia) growing in moist ground from Maine to Texas and having long racemes of small fragrant white or pink flowers. Also called summersweet.

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sweet pepperbush - shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowersClethra alnifolia, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alderbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems