Definition of Japan allspice

1. Noun. Deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Chimonanthus Praecox, Japanese Allspice, Winter Sweet
Group relationships: Chimonanthus, Genus Chimonanthus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japan Allspice

January 6
Januarye
Januarys
Janus
Janus-faced
Janus cloth
Janus green B
Janus particle
Janus particles
Jap
Japan
Japan Socialist Party
Japan Standard Time
Japan Trench
Japan allspice (current term)
Japan bittersweet
Japan cedar
Japan current
Japan tallow
Japan wax
Japanazi
Japanazis
Japanese
Japanese-speaking
Japanese Archipelago
Japanese B encephalitis virus
Japanese Bobtail
Japanese Bobtails
Japanese Giant Salamanders

Literary usage of Japan allspice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The Japan allspice, C. fragrans, is the only representative of this genus of the ... The Japan allspice is a much-branched shrub, and generally treated as a ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"... of Japan and Florida, Chionanthus fragans, or Japan allspice, Cleyera japonica, Eury japonica, ..."

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