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SPICEBUSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers
Synonyms:
California allspice; Calycanthus occidentalis; spicebush
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spicebush" is a kind of...):
allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
Synonyms:
American spicebush; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; Lindera benzoin; spice bush; spicebush
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("spicebush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("spicebush" is a member of...):
genus Lindera; Lindera (aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America)
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