summer sweet

/ˌsʌmər swit/
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Other forms: summer sweets

Definitions of summer sweet
  1. noun
    shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
    synonyms: Clethra alnifolia, pepper bush, sweet pepperbush, white alder
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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