carolina allspice

Noun

Synonyms: strawberry shrub strawberry bush sweet shrub Calycanthus floridus

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowersSynonyms: strawberry shrub strawberry bush sweet shrub Calycanthus floridus

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Allspice \All"spice`\, n. The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush. [1913 Webster]