spice : Idioms & Phrases
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five spice powder
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noun Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon
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Pond spice
(Bot.) , an American shrub (Tetranthera geniculata ) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida.
Webster 1913
spice bush
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noun deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
spicebush; Lindera benzoin; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; American spicebush.
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spice cake
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noun cake flavored with spices
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spice cookie
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noun cookie flavored with spices
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spice islands
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noun a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands
Moluccas.
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spice rack
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noun a rack for displaying containers filled with spices
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spice tree
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noun tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
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noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
sassafras laurel; California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; Oregon myrtle; mountain laurel.
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spice up
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verb add herbs or spices to
zest; spice.
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verb make more interesting or flavorful
spice.
- Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer
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spice-scented
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adjective satellite smelling of spices
