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sweet pepperbush

[pep-er-boo sh]

noun

a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers.

Origin of sweet pepperbush

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Also called summer-sweet, white alder.

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