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Carolina allspice

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Carolina allspice

–noun
an aromatic shrub, Calycanthus floridus, of the southern U.S., having hairy, ovate leaves and purplish-brown flowers.
Also called sweet shrub.


Origin:
1780–90, Americanism
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Car·o·li·na allspice   (kār'ə-lī'nə)   
n.  A species of sweet shrub (Calycanthus floridus) native chiefly to the southeast United States. Also called strawberry shrub.
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