Sweet gale Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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

Webster 1913