LINDERA BENZOIN

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

American spicebush; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; Lindera benzoin; spice bush; spicebush

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lindera benzoin" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Lindera benzoin" is a member of...):

genus Lindera; Lindera (aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America)

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