sweet shrub
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sweet shrub
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.
From Project Gutenberg
Among the sweet shrubs from the nearer of these southern regions, one of the best for English gardens is Cistus laurifolius.
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We covered them with flowers and sweet shrubs, and the child wept passionately.
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Occasionally they came to dense shade, and moss, and black shadow, and low sweet shrubs a few inches high, and the tinkle of a tiny streamlet.
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A near view of the Thames appeared through large windows down to the floor, balconies filled with flowers and sweet shrubs!—It was an Arabian scene in London.
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