bog myrtle

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noun

sweet gale.

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Origin of bog myrtle

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby bog myrtle

bog in, bog-iron ore, bogle, bogman, bog moss, bog myrtle, Bognor Regis, BOGO, bog oak, BOGOF, bog off

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How to use bog myrtle in a sentence

Traffic up ahead on Myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.
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They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The aerial shots were so sharp they could see every bog hole.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And suddenly, your dad is ranting about socialism while Aunt Myrtle lectures your sister about the ho-mo-sex-ual agenda.
How to Avoid a Thanksgiving Food Fight|Michelle Cottle|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Whoever can stay on offense and avoid the gaffe or the policy bog will have the upper hand in the debate.
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Then her cheeks began to pale, till they were tinged like the creamy plumes of the white crepe myrtle that grew in the ruin.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
But she gazes beyond the salon, back into the big dining hall, where the white crepe myrtle grows.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Over the bogs and through the marshes, the madness of despair within him, he heeded not the deep ditches and the bog-pools.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Hope had gone, dreams were unreal and vanishing as the mist that crawled along the bog-pools at night.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Myrtle, youre looking as fresh as the first roses, said King OLeary artfully.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for bog myrtle

bog myrtle

noun

another name for sweet gale

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