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SPICE TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
Synonyms:
California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spice tree" is a kind of...):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Holonyms ("spice tree" is a member of...):
genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("spice tree" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spice tree"):
Myristica fragrans; nutmeg; nutmeg tree (East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace)
allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree (aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries)
allspice tree; Pimenta officinalis (tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries)
clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum (moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves)
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