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Definition of sweet gale in English: sweet galenoun another term for bog myrtle Example sentencesExamples - Plants in the bean family, along with sweet gales, mountain lilacs, and sweet ferns, have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria which form nodules on their roots.
- Scanlon said she was unsure that she agreed with the change of name from bog myrtle to sweet gale, however.
- Low over the swamp birch and sweet gale, the broad torment of their shadows fall on the marsh's invisible busy and small.
- In this zone females were often encountered perching on sweet gale (Myrica gale; Myricaceae, bayberries) several meters from the shore.
- The sweet gale or bayberry family is made up of about 50 species of shrubs and trees.
Origin Mid 17th century: gale from Old English gagel, gagelle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gagel, German Gagel. Definition of sweet gale in US English: sweet galenoun A deciduous shrub of boggy places, with short upright catkins and aromatic gray-green leaves. It has insecticidal properties. Myrica gale, family Myricaceae Also called bog myrtle Example sentencesExamples - Scanlon said she was unsure that she agreed with the change of name from bog myrtle to sweet gale, however.
- The sweet gale or bayberry family is made up of about 50 species of shrubs and trees.
- In this zone females were often encountered perching on sweet gale (Myrica gale; Myricaceae, bayberries) several meters from the shore.
- Plants in the bean family, along with sweet gales, mountain lilacs, and sweet ferns, have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria which form nodules on their roots.
- Low over the swamp birch and sweet gale, the broad torment of their shadows fall on the marsh's invisible busy and small.
Origin Mid 17th century: gale from Old English gagel, gagelle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gagel, German Gagel. |