sweet fern

noun

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

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How to use sweet fern in a sentence

Boxberry, fever-bush, sweet fern, and horseradish make a good and healthy diet-drink.
The American Frugal Housewife | Lydia M. Child
But Nelly sank down as pale as ashes into the sweet-fern bushes, and looked at her strangely.
Betty Leicester | Sarah Orne Jewett
Rachel is always doing little things for her, and bringing home bunches of sweet-fern and everlasting.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 | Various
The sweet-fern is changed mostly to russet, but still retains its wild and delightful fragrance when pressed in the hand.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 | Various
It was a perfect acre of turf, only here and there I could already see a cushion of juniper, or a tuft of sweet fern or bayberry.
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches | Sarah Orne Jewett

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