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Definition of Carolina allspice
1. Noun. Hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers.
Generic synonyms: Allspice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carolina Allspice
Literary usage of Carolina allspice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"(CAROLINA-ALLSPICE FAMILY.) Shrubs, with opposite and entire leaves, without
stipules or pellucid dots. — Sepals and petals numerous and alike, united below ..."
2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"Carolina allspice. — This is a well- known species, from three to five feet high,
flowering from June to August. There are also a number of other species, ..."
3. Botany for Young People and Common Schools: How Plants Grow, a Simple by Asa Gray (1880)
"CAROLINA-ALLSPICE FAMILY. ... ot' a few rather curious shrubs, with opposite
leaves; represented by the Carolina-Allspice. ... branch of Carolina allspice. ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"The Receptacle of the flower is not infrequently a conspicuous feature in connection
with the fruit. This is well shown in the Carolina allspice, in Roses, ..."