sweet viburnum

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noun

the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.

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Origin of sweet viburnum

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
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She was even sweet to that smug ingrate Miss Bunting after she kept insulting everyone at dinner.
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So just looking forward to taking our sweet ass time with this next one.
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Adults prepare food and drink dark sweet tea on the doorsteps of their homes as they watch their children playing.
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The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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So after a few minutes I remarked to him, "Everything tastes very sweet out of this spoon!"
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Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
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