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Definition: Sweet Gale |
Sweet GaleNoun1. Bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sweet GaleSynonyms: Myrica gale (n), Scotch gale (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sweet Gale |
| English words defined with "sweet gale": Bog myrtle ♦ sweet willow. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sweet gale - Myrica gale along Mashpee Trail at South Cape Beach. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| Language | Translations for "sweet gale"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | pors (bog myrtle, wax-berry), mose (bog myrtle, fen land, swampy land, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | gagel (bog myrtle, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | suomyrtti (bog myrtle, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | myrica gale. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Porst (bog myrtle, wax-berry), Gagel (bog myrtle, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ψευδομυρίκη η γαλή (bog myrtle, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | mirto bastardo (bog myrtle, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eetsway alegay pors (bog myrtle, wax-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Myrica gale. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-l-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: legatees. | |
-2 letters: eaglets, gelates, legatee, legates, segetal, telegas. | |
-3 letters: aglets, eagles, eaglet, egesta, elates, etwees, gelate, gelees, gleets, legate, sewage, stelae, teasel, telega, weasel. | |
-4 letters: aglee, aglet, eagle, easel, egest, elate, etwee, gales, gates, geese, geest, gelee, gelts, geste, getas, glees, gleet, lease, least, leets, leges, setae, setal, slate, sleet, stage, stale, steal, steel. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-g-l-s-t-w" | |
+5 letters: weatherglasses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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