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    SPICEBUSH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    California allspice; Calycanthus occidentalis; spicebush

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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