spicebush
IPA: spˈaɪsbʊʃ
noun
- (US) A common spicebush (Lindera benzoin), whose leaves have a distinctive strong citrusy aroma.
- Any plant in the genus Calycanthus
spice bush
IPA: spˈaɪsbˈʊʃ
noun
- deciduous shrub of the eastern united states having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
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Examples of "spicebush" in Sentences
Examples of "spice-bush" in Sentences
- The red berries of the dogwood and spice-bush and other shrubs shine in the sun like rubies and coral.
- The former is represented by the sassafras and spice-bush, common throughout the eastern United States.
- He knew where to find the aromatic spice-bush to cool the burning of fever, and where in the spring grew the tenderest willow twigs whose bark went into cures for rheumatism.
- If, after that, they get a cold wetting, the wild mother, it is said, will feed the buds of the spice-bush to her brood, as our grandmothers used to administer mint tea to us.
- It had been their custom on each succeeding spring to go, if the anniversary ware pleasant, to sit again at evening on the door-step with the sweetness of the straggling spice-bush upon it.
- Isabel followed close, helping herself up the steep rocks, now by catching hold of a spice-bush and shaking off all its ripe golden blossoms; now drawing down the loops of a grape-vine and swinging forward on it, encouraged in each new effort by the hearty commendations of her new friend.
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