spice bush

spice bush
noun
deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Lindera, ↑genus Lindera

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