SPICEBUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spicebush mean? 

• SPICEBUSH (noun)
  The noun SPICEBUSH has 2 senses:

1. deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

2. straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

  Familiarity information: SPICEBUSH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPICEBUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American spicebush; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; Lindera benzoin; spice bush; spicebush

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California allspice; Calycanthus occidentalis; spicebush

Hypernyms ("spicebush" is a kind of...):

allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)