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STRAWBERRY BUSH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers

Synonyms:

Calycanthus floridus; Carolina allspice; strawberry bush; strawberry shrub; sweet shrub

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("strawberry bush" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

Synonyms:

Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("strawberry bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("strawberry bush" is a member of...):

Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

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