sweet shrub

noun

1. Carolina allspice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet shrub¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.

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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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