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单词 spicebush
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spicebush

[ spahys-boosh ]
/ 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.

Origin of spicebush

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70; spice + bush1

Words nearby spicebush

spica bandage, spicate, spiccato, spice, spiceberry, spicebush, spicebush swallowtail, Spice Islands, spicery, spicewood, spick-and-span
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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-Thompson
  • Below 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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