spicebush
[ spahys-boo sh ]
/ ˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ /
noun
Also called spice-wood.
a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
a North American shrub, Calycanthus occidentalis, having oblong leaves and fragrant, light-brown flowers.
Also called
Benjamin-bush.
Words nearby spicebush
spicate,
spiccato,
spice,
spice islands,
spiceberry,
spicebush,
spicebush swallowtail,
spicery,
spicewood,
spicey,
spick
Example sentences from the Web for spicebush
There were clam shells piled up with red checkerberries, and caddis worms on the half shell, with spicebush nubbins.
Woodland Tales |Ernest Seton-ThompsonBelow is a golden sheen where the spicebush is in flower, and a shimmer of pale green about the early willows.
In the Open |Stanton Davis Kirkham
British Dictionary definitions for spicebush
spicebush
/ (ˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ) /
noun
a North American lauraceous shrub, Lindera benzoin, having yellow flowers and aromatic leaves and bark