scented shrub

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• Sweet-scented shrub — Sweet scented Sweet scent ed, a. Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant. [1913 Webster] {Sweet scented shrub} (Bot.), a shrub of the genus {Calycanthus}, the flowers of which, when crushed, have a fragrance resembling that of strawberries. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sweet-scented shrub — noun or sweet shrub : carolina allspice …   Useful english dictionary

• sweet-scented shrub — (Bot.) Carolina allspice (Calycanthus) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• scented wattle — noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery • Syn: ↑huisache, ↑cassie, ↑mimosa bush, ↑sweet wattle, ↑sweet acacia, ↑flame tree, ↑Acacia farnesiana …   Useful english dictionary

• sweet shrub — noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove scented wood and fragrant red brown flowers (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Carolina allspice, ↑strawberry shrub, ↑strawberry bush, ↑Calycanthus floridus • Hypernyms: ↑allspice * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Sweet-scented — Sweet scent ed, a. Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant. [1913 Webster] {Sweet scented shrub} (Bot.), a shrub of the genus {Calycanthus}, the flowers of which, when crushed, have a fragrance resembling that of strawberries. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• strawberry shrub — noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove scented wood and fragrant red brown flowers • Syn: ↑Carolina allspice, ↑strawberry bush, ↑sweet shrub, ↑Calycanthus floridus • Hypernyms: ↑allspice * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• sweet shrub — ▪ plant also called  Carolina allspice,  California allspice,   or  strawberry shrub        one of two species of small ornamental trees of the family Calycanthaceae, with aromatic bark and sweet scented flowers, both native to North America.… …   Universalium

• High-water shrub — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …   Wikipedia

• leucothoe — noun any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Leucothoe * * * lüˈkäthəˌwē… …   Useful english dictionary