spicebush

3 definitions found

spicebush - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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]

spicebush - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: spicebush, spice bush,
           American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin,
           Benzoin odoriferum]
      2: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States
         having fragrant brown flowers [syn: spicebush, California   allspice
         , Calycanthus occidentalis]