bog myrtle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bog myrtle
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The craft brewer has 14 beers on tap, including historic brews such as a Viking-era beer made with bog myrtle and juniper.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2014
And indeed the bog myrtle is the characteristic smell of the great world of hill and moss we call by that name.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Through the pine-woods he took her, his white wood-nymph, and through the low lands covered with bog myrtle, fragrant under her feet.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Owing to the great heat, the rough grass and bog myrtle became extremely dry, and when a fire did break out it burnt merrily for a long time in the surrounding country.
From 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by Caunter, John Alan Lyde
To reach it Winsome led Ralph among the scented gall-bushes and bog myrtle, where in the marshy meadows the lonely grass of Parnassus was growing.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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