spicebush

noun

straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

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

Roots

speciesspice- · Latin · kind, sort, spice buschbush- · Germanic · shrub

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