sweet : Idioms & Phrases

• noun large tree found from Maine to Alabama
  American chestnut; Castanea dentata.
  

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• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• noun English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
  Sweet.
  

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Hon"ey-sweet` adjective

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1. Sweet as honey. Chaucer.

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• noun chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
  dark chocolate; bittersweet chocolate.
  

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• adjective satellite dealt with very quickly; to the point
  
  • the conference was short and sweet
  • make your statement short and sweet

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• noun shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
  Clethra alnifolia; summer sweet; pepper bush; white alder.
  

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• noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
  mimosa bush; flame tree; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet acacia; cassie.
  

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• noun perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers; widely grown in gardens
  Lobularia maritima; sweet alison.
  

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• noun small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
  almond; Amygdalus communis; Prunus dulcis; Prunus amygdalus.
  

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• noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
  almond oil; expressed almond oil.
  

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• noun perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers; widely grown in gardens
  Lobularia maritima; sweet alison.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Alyssum.

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See Sweet-top.

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• noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
  lemon balm; bee balm; garden balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
  

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• noun annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs
  Ocimum basilicum; common basil.
  
• noun leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
  basil.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States
  swamp bay; swamp laurel; Magnolia virginiana.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The laurel (laurus nobilis). (b) Swamp sassafras.

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• noun bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers
  Leucothoe racemosa.
  

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• noun common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
  cherry birch; black birch; Betula lenta.
  

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• noun a tall and often cultivated buckeye of the central United States
  

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• noun West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit
  Passiflora maliformis.
  
• noun apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora (P. maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.

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• noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
  calamus; sweet calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Sweet flag, below.

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• noun South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed
  Manihot dulcis.
  

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• noun large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
  Prunus avium.
  
• noun any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
  black cherry.
  

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• noun wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
  Castanea sativa; Spanish chestnut; European chestnut.
  

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• noun European herb with soft ferny leaves and white flowers
  Myrrhis odorata.
  
• noun aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
  myrrh; gum myrrh.
  
• noun fresh ferny leaves and green seeds used as garnish in salads and cold vegetables; dried seeds used in confectionery and liqueurs
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. Gray. (b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (M. odorata) growing in England.

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• noun unfermented cider
  

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• (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum) from which the gum ladanum is obtained.

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• noun erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
  melilotus; melilot.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Melilot.
• . See Meliot.

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• noun American sweet-scented herb
  Petasites sagitattus.
  
• noun European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers
  winter heliotrope; Petasites fragrans.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of butterbur (Petasites sagittata) found in Western North America.

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• noun a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
  Zea saccharata; sweet corn; green corn; Zea mays rugosa; sugar corn.
  
• noun corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft
  green corn.
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under Corn.

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• noun a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
  Zea saccharata; sweet corn; green corn; Zea mays rugosa; sugar corn.
  

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• noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
  bell apple; water lemon; yellow granadilla.
  

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• noun common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
  black elderberry; American elder; Sambucus canadensis.
  

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• noun annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior
  wild chamomile; German chamomile; Matricaria recutita; Matricaria chamomilla.
  

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• noun little or nothing at all
  Fanny Adams; bugger all; fuck all.
  
  • I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all
  • I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery

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• noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
  golden maidenhair; wall fern; golden polypody; common polypody; adder's fern; Polypodium vulgare.
  
• noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
  Comptonia asplenifolia; Comptonia peregrina.
  

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• (Bot.), a small North American shrub (Comptonia, ∨ Myrica, asplenifolia) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.

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• noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
  calamus; sweet calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag.
  

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• (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See Calamus, 2.

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• noun leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico
  maravilla; Mirabilis longiflora.
  

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• noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
  Myrica gale; Scotch gale.
  

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• (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter fragrant leaves; also called sweet willow, and Dutch myrtle. See 5th Gale.

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• noun goldenrod of eastern America having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made
  Blue Mountain tea; Solidago odora.
  

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• noun considered best for fruit
  granadilla; Passiflora ligularis.
  

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• noun any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor
  manna grass.
  

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• (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.

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• noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
  hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut.
  
• noun aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
  liquidambar.
  
• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua). See Liquidambar.

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• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes.

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• (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.

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• (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.

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• noun lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp
  Citrus limetta; sweet lemon.
  

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• noun lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp
  Citrus limetta; sweet lemon.
  

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• noun aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe
  knotted marjoram; Majorana hortensis; Origanum majorana.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Marjoram.

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• (Zoöl.), the pine marten.

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• (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea Ageratum) allied to milfoil.

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• noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
  muskmelon; Cucumis melo; sweet melon.
  
• noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
  muskmelon.
  

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• noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
  muskmelon; Cucumis melo; sweet melon.
  

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• noun inconsequential expressions of affection
  honeyed words.
  
  • he whispered sweet nothings into her ear

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• noun mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil
  

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• olive oil.

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• noun orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin
  
• noun probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
  Citrus sinensis; sweet orange.
  

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• noun probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
  Citrus sinensis; sweet orange.
  

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• noun climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
  Lathyrus odoratus; sweetpea.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Pea.

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• noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
  pimiento; sweet pepper; paprika; bell pepper; pimento; Capsicum annuum grossum.
  
• noun large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads
  

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• noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
  pimiento; sweet pepper; paprika; bell pepper; pimento; Capsicum annuum grossum.
  

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• noun shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
  Clethra alnifolia; summer sweet; pepper bush; white alder.
  

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• noun pickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar
  

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• noun pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
  Ipomoea batatas; sweet potato.
  
• noun the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States
  
• noun egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
  ocarina.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Potato.

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• noun pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
  Ipomoea batatas; sweet potato.
  

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• noun Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
  Reseda odorata; mignonette.
  

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• noun long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
  damask violet; Dame's violet; Hesperis matronalis.
  

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• noun any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze
  coffee roll.
  

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• (Bot.), sweet flag.

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• noun taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers
  Abronia fragrans.
  
• noun plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
  snowball; Abronia elliptica.
  

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• noun Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States
  Scabiosa atropurpurea; mournful widow; pincushion flower.
  

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• noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
  Calycanthus floridus; strawberry bush; strawberry shrub; Carolina allspice.
  

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• noun any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
  sugar sorghum; sorgho; sorgo.
  

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• (Med. Chem.) See Spirit of nitrous ether, under Spirit.

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• noun annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
  blessed thistle; Cnicus benedictus.
  
• noun perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers
  Centaurea imperialis.
  
• noun Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea
  Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata.
  

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• (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea moschata), also, the yellow-flowered (C. odorata); called also sultan flower.

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• noun flattery designed to gain favor
  coaxing; blarney; soft soap.
  

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• noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
  smoothie; smoothy; charmer.
  

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• noun a strong appetite for sweet food
  

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• an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. Colloq.

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• noun a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea
  Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans.
  

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• noun sweet dark amber variety
  Italian vermouth.
  

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• noun perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
  Hedysarum boreale.
  

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  English violet; Viola odorata; garden violet.
  

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• noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
  mimosa bush; flame tree; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet acacia; cassie.
  

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• noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
  Viola blanda; woodland white violet; white violet.
  

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• noun Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
  Dianthus barbatus.
  

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• . (a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many varieties. (b) (Zoöl.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zoöl.) The European goldfinch; called also sweet Billy. Prov. Eng.

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• (Bot.), sweet gale.

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• . See Dry wine, under Dry.

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• noun Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
  waldmeister; Asperula odorata; woodruff; fragrant bedstraw; Galium odoratum.
  
• noun fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine
  waldmeister.
  

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• noun wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran
  Artemisia annua.
  

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• noun a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
  methyl salicylate; birch oil.
  

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Sweet"-breast`ed adjective

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1. Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. Obs.

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• adjective satellite having breath or breath as specified
  

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• adjective satellite having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition
  
  • a sweet-faced child

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• adjective satellite with sweetening added
  sweet; sugared; sweetened.
  

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• noun disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot
  

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• noun a variety of whitefly
  

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• adjective satellite having a natural fragrance
  sweet-scented; scented; odoriferous; perfumed; sweet; odorous.
  
  • odoriferous spices
  • the odorous air of the orchard
  • the perfumed air of June
  • scented flowers

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Sweet"-scent`ed adjective

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1. Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.

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• noun any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers
  Pelargonium graveolens; rose geranium.
  

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• adjective satellite having a natural fragrance
  sweet-scented; scented; odoriferous; perfumed; sweet; odorous.
  
  • odoriferous spices
  • the odorous air of the orchard
  • the perfumed air of June
  • scented flowers

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Sweet"-sop` noun

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1. (Bot.) A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.

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• verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  wheedle; coax; inveigle; cajole; blarney; palaver.
  
  • He palavered her into going along

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• to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. Colloq. Thackeray.

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• noun biennial plant; valuable honey plant
  Melilotus alba; white melilot.
  

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• noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
  goat's rue; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
  

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• noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
  man-of-the-earth; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; Ipomoea panurata; manroot; Ipomoea fastigiata.
  

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• noun dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete
  hop marjoram; cretan dittany; dittany of crete; crete dittany; Origanum dictamnus.
  
• noun aromatic Eurasian perennial
  marjoram; wild marjoram; Origanum vulgare; oregano; pot marjoram.
  
• noun medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
  Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant.
  
• noun deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
  Japanese allspice; Japan allspice; Chimonanthus praecox.
  

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• noun biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop
  Melilotus officinalis.
  

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