noun
1. tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Hyponyms:
↑nutmeg, ↑nutmeg tree, ↑Myristica fragrans, ↑allspice, ↑allspice tree, ↑pimento tree, ↑Pimenta dioica, ↑Pimenta officinalis, ↑clove, ↑clove tree, ↑Syzygium aromaticum, ↑Eugenia aromaticum, ↑Eugenia caryophyllatum
2. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
• Syn:
↑California laurel, ↑California bay tree, ↑Oregon myrtle, ↑pepperwood, ↑sassafras laurel, ↑California olive, ↑mountain laurel, ↑Umbellularia californica
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbellularia, ↑genus Umbellularia
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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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.