"sweet-gale" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1800, Richard Warner, A Walk Through Some of the Western Counties of England, page 42:",
          "text": "The myrica or sweet-gale, also, with its serrated leaves and dry berry, the ancient substitute for hops, presented itself in almost every part of the uncultivated moor.",
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          "ref": "1900, John Clayton Gifford, The Forestal Conditions and Silvicultural Prospects of the Coastal Plain of New Jersey:",
          "text": "On entering one of these forests, one observes at once that although there are many small trees of holly, and bushes of sweet-gale, the ground is free from litter and brush.",
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        "Alternative form of sweet gale"
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        "(rare) Alternative form of sweet gale"
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          "ref": "1800, Richard Warner, A Walk Through Some of the Western Counties of England, page 42:",
          "text": "The myrica or sweet-gale, also, with its serrated leaves and dry berry, the ancient substitute for hops, presented itself in almost every part of the uncultivated moor.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1900, John Clayton Gifford, The Forestal Conditions and Silvicultural Prospects of the Coastal Plain of New Jersey:",
          "text": "On entering one of these forests, one observes at once that although there are many small trees of holly, and bushes of sweet-gale, the ground is free from litter and brush.",
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        "(rare) Alternative form of sweet gale"
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