Comptonia peregrina comp·to·nia·peregrina uncommon noun 1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers Synonymssweet fernComptonia peregrinaComptonia asplenifolia Related words Broader terms shrub Parts Comptonia WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
