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A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.

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  1. n. A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
  2. A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
  3. A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually witharomatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweetgale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
  4. n deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees