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Definition of Spicebush
1. Noun. Deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries.
Group relationships: Genus Lindera, Lindera
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers.
Definition of Spicebush
1. n. Spicewood.
Definition of Spicebush
1. Noun. (US botany) The common spicebush, ''Lindera benzoin'', whose leaves have a distinctive strong citrusy aroma. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spicebush
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Medical Definition of Spicebush
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spicebush
Literary usage of Spicebush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woodland Paths by Winthrop Packard (1910)
"grew all sun-stricken with the yellow of the spicebush bloom. Bare twigs bore
clusters of it everywhere, and its intoxicating odor thrilled all my senses ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1908)
"The bark of the spicebush breaks with a short, granular fracture, has a faint,
pleasant odor, and a warm, spicy, and astringent taste. ..."
3. American Medicinal Barks by Alice Henkel (1909)
"The clusters of fruit ripen in autumn, and each bright red, obovate fruit contains
one large white seed. (Fig. 21.) FIG. 21. — spicebush ..."
4. Aristocrats of the Garden by Ernest Henry Wilson (1917)
"The spicebush is a tall shrub with moderately stout stems and twiggy branches
and bears innumerable clusters of small yellow flowers. ..."
5. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"spicebush Goldenrods, asters, swallowtail, P. troilus, on spicebush. and sunflowers
are abundant in the fall. Ferns are at times abundant, but only a few of ..."
6. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1917)
"On a spicebush I find another example of protective mimicry, ... I am keeping
him, cool and quiet, till spring comes, and the spicebush puts forth leaves to ..."
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