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  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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