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sweet pepperbush

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sweet pep⋅per⋅bush

[pep-er-boosh]
–noun
a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers.


Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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sweet pepperbush  
n.  A deciduous shrub (Clethra alnifolia) growing in moist ground from Maine to Florida and having long racemes of small fragrant white flowers.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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