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sweet fern

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noun

  1. a North American shrub, Comptonia (or Myrica ) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae

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Perlut’s team planted bee balm, marigolds, spotted geraniums, lavender, sweet fern and citronella around the edge of the barrels, with cherry tomatoes and basil in the middle.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

And I could shrink the rest of the back lawn with native plants like sweet fern, sweetbells, witch hazel and silky dogwood that thrive without full sun.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2019

Once, it had been a joy to follow those roads through the evergreen forests—roads lined with bayberry and sweet fern, alder and huckleberry.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

Azaleas, mountain laurel, blueberry, huckleberry, viburnum, dogwood, hayberry, sweet fern, low shadbush, winterberry, chokecherry, and wild plum are dying under the chemical barrage.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

Once it had been a joy to follow those roads through the evergreen forests, roads lined with bayberry and sweet fern, alder and huckleberry.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson