sweet shrub


Origin of sweet shrub

1
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Words Nearby sweet shrub

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How to use sweet shrub in a sentence

  • She went and stood at her window, drawing in deep breaths of rain-freshened air, dense with sweet-shrub and honeysuckle.

    Shadows of Flames | Amelie Rives
  • There was a delicious odor of sweet-shrub in the air, and the fruity fragrance of the dark, wild wake-robin underfoot.

    The Mountain Girl | Payne Erskine