Definitions for spicebush

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spicebush spice·bush

Spelling: [spahys-boo sh]

IPA: /ˈspaɪsˌbʊʃ/

Spicebush is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 296 anagrams from letters in spicebush (bcehipssu).

Definitions for spicebush

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.
2. a North American shrub, Calycanthus occidentalis, having oblong leaves and fragrant, light-brown flowers.

Origin of spicebush

An Americanism dating back to 1760-70; spice + bush¹

Examples for spicebush

Below is a golden sheen where the spicebush is in flower, and a shimmer of pale green about the early willows.

There were clam shells piled up with red checkerberries, and caddis worms on the half shell, with spicebush nubbins.