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spicebush |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spicebush \Spice"bush`\, n. (Bot.) Spicewood. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Allspice \All"spice`\, n. The berry of the pimento ({Eugenia pimenta}), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as the {Carolina allspice} ({Calycanthus floridus}); {wild allspice} ({Lindera benzoin}), called also {spicebush}, {spicewood}, and {feverbush}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spicebush n 1: deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries [syn: {spice bush}, {American spicebush}, {Benjamin bush}, {Lindera benzoin}, {Benzoin odoriferum}] 2: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers [syn: {California allspice}, {Calycanthus occidentalis}]
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