Thursday Thirteen # 19

13 Sweet Things!

1. Sweet Alyssum – a short garden plant with tiny flowers.

2. Sweet Bread – the thymus of pancreas of a lamb when used for food.

3. Sweet Cicely – an herb whose leaves are used for flavoring.

4. Sweet Clover – plants of the pea family grown for hay, forage, or green manure.

5. Sweet Corn – strains of Indian corn with kernels rich in sugar.

6. Sweet Fern – a flowering shrub with fern-like leaves.

7. Sweet Gum – a North American tree with spiny balls.

8. Sweet Meat – a meat prepared with honey or sugar.

9. Sweet Pea – a climbing plant with butterfly-shaped flowers.

10.Sweet Potato – tropical plant whose tuberlike root is used for a vegetable.

11.Sweet Sop – a tropical American tree with edible, green fruit.

12.Sweet Talk – to talk in a flattering way.

13.Sweet Tooth – a fondness or craving for sweets.