sweetleaf

[ sweet-leef ]

/ ˈswitˌlif /

noun, plural sweet·leaves.

a shrub or small tree, Symplocos tinctoria, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having lance-shaped leaves, yellowish, fragrant flowers, and orange or brown fruit.

Nearby words

sweetie pie,
sweetiewife,
sweeting,
sweetish,
sweetishly,
sweetly,
sweetman,
sweetmeal,
sweetmeat,
sweetness

Origin of sweetleaf

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; sweet + leaf