spicebush
/spahys-boosh/US // ˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ //UK // (ˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ) //
荆棘丛生,荆棘树,荆棘丛,辣木
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- : a North American shrub, Calycanthus occidentalis, having oblong leaves and fragrant, light-brown flowers.
Examples
There were clam shells piled up with red checkerberries, and caddis worms on the half shell, with spicebush nubbins.
Below is a golden sheen where the spicebush is in flower, and a shimmer of pale green about the early willows.
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