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calycanthus
(wn) | Calycanthus
n 1: a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae
including: allspice [syn: Calycanthus, {genus
Calycanthus}] |
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Calycanthus floridus
(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] |
calycanthus family
(wn) | calycanthus family
n 1: shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern
United States and eastern Asia [syn: Calycanthaceae,
family Calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, {strawberry-
shrub family}] |
calycanthus floridus
(wn) | Calycanthus floridus
n 1: hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-
scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers [syn: {Carolina
allspice}, strawberry shrub, strawberry bush, {sweet
shrub}, Calycanthus floridus] |
calycanthus occidentalis
(wn) | Calycanthus occidentalis
n 1: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States
having fragrant brown flowers [syn: spicebush,
California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis] |
genus calycanthus
(wn) | genus Calycanthus
n 1: a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae
including: allspice [syn: Calycanthus, {genus
Calycanthus}] |
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