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Spicebush

noun
1.
Deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries.  Synonyms: American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush.
2.
Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers.  Synonyms: California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis.






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"Spicebush" Quotes from Famous Books



... that suggest good sites for Asiatic chestnuts are: (a) Tree species—yellowpoplar, northern red oak, white ash, sugar maple, and yellow birch; (b) shrub species—spicebush; (c) herbaceous species—maiden hair fern, bloodroot, jack-in-the-pulpit, squirrelcorn and/or Dutchman's breeches. Plants that indicate sites too dry for forest-tree growth of Asiatic chestnuts are: (a) Tree species—the "hard" pines, black oak and scrub oak; (b) shrub ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report • Various



Words linked to "Spicebush" :   shrub, genus Lindera, Lindera, allspice, bush



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