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  • sweet spice
    n. the allspice tree, Pimenta dioica. cf. SPICE TREE, WILD SPICE. (San Sal.)
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  • sweet sop
    [W Car.] n. a tree, Anona squamosa, and its fruit: 1880 sweet sap (Ives 97). 1889 also A. sericea (Gardner 363). = JAMAICA
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  • sweet sage
    [from its fragrance] n. a plant, Lantana camara, with yellow, pink, or purple flowers: 1971 (Rabley 43). (Black)
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  • sweet rose
    [Car.; cf. Sra. switi-rósoe idem DJE] n. the ordinary rose (Rosa sp.) as opposed to ROSE, any flower. (Black)
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  • sweet potato pone
    [cf. US dial. South potato pone idem WSC] n. a baked pudding made from grated sweet potatoes: 1978 (Higgs 109). cf.
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  • sweet potato bugs
    [W Car.; cf. DJE potato louse] n. sing. or pl. an insect (Acanthocephala femorata?) which is about an inch long, brown,
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  • sweet plum
    [W Car.] n. the common plum, Spondias purpurea, as opposed to local fruits such as the HOG PLUM, etc. = SCARLET PLUM
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  • sweet pine
    [W Car. cf. PINE] n. the China pineapple. = SCARLET, SUGAR-LOAF (Black)
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  • sweet orange
    [Car.; cf. Sra. swit alanja idem WST] n. the ordinary orange (Citrus aurantium) as opposed to the Seville or SOUR ORANGE (Citrus vulgaris):
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  • sweet-mouth
    n. [Car. greedy, food-loving DJE; cf. OED sweet-mouthed fond of sweet-flavored things obs. 1611; the meaning seems to have shifted with that of
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