Definition of spicebush in US English:
spicebush
nounˈspīsˌbo͝oSHˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ
A North American shrub with aromatic leaves, bark, and fruit. The leaves were formerly used for a tea and the fruit as an allspice substitute.
Lindera benzoin, family Lauraceae
Example sentencesExamples
- Smaller trees and shrubs include red maple, Carolina allspice, and the fragrant spicebush.
- Beneath those plants are spicebush and the occasional possum haw, a deciduous holly.
- These included such hardy species as red chokeberry, buttonbush, spicebush and red twig dogwood.
- Some species have been small and obscure, like the 28-foot-tall champion spicebush Michael Davie showed me in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
- Common midstory and understory species included red maple, American beech, greenbrier, and spicebush.