Spicebush

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spicebush \Spice"bush`\, n. (Bot.)
     Spicewood.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]