sweet gale

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A deciduous shrub (Myrica gale) of northern Eurasian and North American wetlands, having clusters of small unisexual flowers and aromatic resinous leaves used medicinally and in brewing.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See gale.

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• noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves