| NOUN | plant | spice tree | tree bearing aromatic bark or berries |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | spice tree, California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica | Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit |
| Meaning | Tree bearing aromatic bark or berries. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | allspice, allspice tree, pimento tree, Pimenta dioica | 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, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum | moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves | |
| nutmeg, nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans | East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed | |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
| Meaning | Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica | |
| Member of | Umbellularia, genus Umbellularia | aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast |
| Broader | laurel | Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family |
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