JAPANESE ALLSPICE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Japanese allspice" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Japanese allspice" is a member of...):

Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)

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