spicebush
Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
a North American shrub, Calycanthus occidentalis, having oblong leaves and fragrant, light-brown flowers.
Origin of spicebush
1- Also called Benjamin-bush.
Words Nearby spicebush
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How to use spicebush in a sentence
There were clam shells piled up with red checkerberries, and caddis worms on the half shell, with spicebush nubbins.
Woodland Tales | Ernest Seton-ThompsonBelow is a golden sheen where the spicebush is in flower, and a shimmer of pale green about the early willows.
In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkham
British Dictionary definitions for spicebush
/ (ˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ) /
a North American lauraceous shrub, Lindera benzoin, having yellow flowers and aromatic leaves and bark
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