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STRAWBERRY BUSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
Synonyms:
Calycanthus floridus; Carolina allspice; strawberry bush; strawberry shrub; sweet shrub
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("strawberry bush" is a kind of...):
allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
Synonyms:
Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("strawberry bush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("strawberry bush" is a member of...):
Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)