spicebush Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Spice"bush` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Spicewood.

Webster 1913