bog myrtle

American  

noun

1. sweet gale.

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bog myrtle British  

noun

1. another name for sweet gale

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Etymology

Origin of bog myrtle

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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bog myrtle

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

Indeed, he could see him at that very moment threading his way down through the tangle of heather and bog myrtle, or, as he would have said, "gall busses opposite."

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

It was to be met with during the autumn and winter in bogs scattered over with bog myrtle, on Chobham and the adjacent common; I never met with it elsewhere.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

And the night was all wrapt in an odour of bog myrtle and flowers.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

"And that's the Blairgowrie heather and bog myrtle; never a year but it comes, and it is like a call across the sea."

From The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith by Livingstone, W.P.