| slovo | definícia |
spicebush
(encz) | spicebush, n: |
Spicebush
(gcide) | Spicebush \Spice"bush`\, n. (Bot.)
Spicewood.
[1913 Webster] |
spicebush
(gcide) | Allspice \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus);
wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
[1913 Webster] |
spicebush
(wn) | spicebush
n 1: deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly
aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by
scarlet or yellow berries [syn: spicebush, spice bush,
American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin,
Benzoin odoriferum]
2: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States
having fragrant brown flowers [syn: spicebush, {California
allspice}, Calycanthus occidentalis] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Spicebush
(gcide) | Spicebush \Spice"bush`\, n. (Bot.)
Spicewood.
[1913 Webster]Allspice \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus);
wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
[1913 Webster] |
american spicebush
(wn) | American spicebush
n 1: deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly
aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by
scarlet or yellow berries [syn: spicebush, spice bush,
American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin,
Benzoin odoriferum] |
|