单词 | spice-bush |
释义 | > as lemmasspice-bush spice-bush n. U.S. wild allspice, fever-bush ( Benzoin odoriferum); also, an aromatic Californian tree of the laurel family. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > spice-bush feverwood1682 spice-wood1756 spice-bush1770 allspice1830 1770 G. Washington Jrnl. 15 Oct. (1925) I. 409 The Soil..being as black as Coal and the Growth, Walnut, Cherry, Spice Bushes. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) 161 The Laurus benzoin, called Spice-bush, has scarlet berries, and is an aromatic plant. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 316 There the spice-bush lifts Her leafy lances. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 821/2 Oreodaphne californica is a common tree in the mountainous parts of California, where it goes by a variety of names, such as Mountain Laurel, Spice-bush, Balm of Heaven. < as lemmas |
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