Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fragrant shrub, Myrica (Comptonia) asplenifolia. Its leaves, which are fern-like in aspect, contain 9 or 10 per cent. of tannin. See
Comptonia . - noun The European sweet cicely, Myrrhis odorata, which has leaves dissected like those of a fern.
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Examples
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I have not heard so much as a locust over the sweet-fern these three hours.
Walden 2004
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Smaller plants are mostly grasses, lowbush blueberry, and sweet-fern.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Smaller plants are mostly grasses, lowbush blueberry, and sweet-fern.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Smaller plants are mostly grasses, lowbush blueberry, and sweet-fern.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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With sad hearts, we laid her to rest in a spot that she loved, where the sweet-fern and wild-roses were growing, -- with sad, grateful hearts, for she had been to us as father, mother, and true friend.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various
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Rachel is always doing little things for her, and bringing home bunches of sweet-fern and everlasting.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various
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Squirrels chased each other along the branches of the oaks, and the air was filled with fragrant odors of hickory-leaves, sweet-fern, and spice-wood.
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These poems of his are natural growths; they have their own circulation of vital juices, their own peculiar properties; they smack of the soil, are racy and strong and aromatic, like ground-juniper, sweet-fern, and the _arbor vitæ_.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various
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The sweet-fern and indigo in overgrown wood-paths wet you with dew up to your middle.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various
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The sweet-fern is changed mostly to russet, but still retains its wild and delightful fragrance when pressed in the hand.
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