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SPICE TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

Synonyms:

California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spice tree" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Holonyms ("spice tree" is a member of...):

genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tree bearing aromatic bark or berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spice tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spice tree"):

Myristica fragrans; nutmeg; nutmeg tree (East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace)

allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree (aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries)

allspice tree; Pimenta officinalis (tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries)

clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum (moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves)

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