3. (Zoöl.) A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.
[Local, U.S.]
Sweet"ness, n. [AS. swtness.] The quality or state of being sweet (in
any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell;
agreeableness.
Sweet"root` (?), n. (Bot.) Licorice.
Sweet"-scent`ed (?), a. Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.
Sweet-scented shrub (Bot.), a shrub of the genus Calycanthus, the
flowers of which, when crushed, have a fragrance resembling that of
strawberries.
Sweet"-sop` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa).
See under Custard.
Sweet"wa`ter (?), n. (Bot.) A variety of white grape, having a sweet
watery juice; -- also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.
Sweet"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A name for two tropical American weeds
(Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.
Sweet"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.) (b)
The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The
name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.
Sweet"wort` (?), n. Any plant of a sweet taste.
Sweigh (?), n. Sway; movement. [Obs.] Chaucer.