spicebush

Noun

• straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

• deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  California allspice , Calycanthus occidentalis , spice bush , American spicebush , Benjamin bush , Lindera benzoin , Benzoin odoriferum