sweet pepperbush

sweet pepperbush
/pep"euhr boosh'/
a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers. Also called summer-sweet, white alder.
[1830-40, Amer.]

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