spice tree

spice tree
noun
1. tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
Hyponyms:
2. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
Syn:
Hypernyms: ↑laurel
Member Holonyms: ↑Umbellularia, ↑genus Umbellularia

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noun

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spice tree,
an evergreen tree of the laurel family, growing in Oregon and California, with aromatic leaves and a hard brown wood used in furniture and building.

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