allspice : Idioms & Phrases


allspice tree

  • noun tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries
    Pimenta officinalis.
  • noun aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
    Pimenta dioica; pimento tree; allspice.
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california allspice

  • noun straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers
    spicebush; Calycanthus occidentalis.
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carolina allspice

  • noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
    sweet shrub; Calycanthus floridus; strawberry bush; strawberry shrub.
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Japan allspice

  • noun deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
    winter sweet; Japan allspice; Chimonanthus praecox.
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  • (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice.
Webster 1913

japanese allspice

  • noun deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
    winter sweet; Japan allspice; Chimonanthus praecox.
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Wild allspice

  • . (Bot.), spicewood.
Webster 1913