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winter sweet

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: winter sweet

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aromatic Eurasian perennial
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deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
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medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: winter sweet
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n aromatic Eurasian perennial

Synonyms:
Origanum vulgare, marjoram, oregano, pot marjoram, wild marjoram
Type of:
origanum
any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings

n dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete

Synonyms:
Origanum dictamnus, cretan dittany, crete dittany, dittany of crete, hop marjoram
Type of:
origanum
any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings
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n deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

Synonyms:
Chimonanthus praecox, Japan allspice, Japanese allspice
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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n medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

Synonyms:
Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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