spicebush meaning

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spicebush (noun): deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries.

spicebush has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

spicebush as a noun

  1. deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

    Synonyms: spice bush, American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin, Benzoin odoriferum

    Type of: shrub

  2. straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

    Synonyms: California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis

    Type of: allspice

Word lists: words starting with SP · words ending in SH · 9-letter words

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