BENZOIN ODORIFERUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Benzoin odoriferum mean? 

• BENZOIN ODORIFERUM (noun)
  The noun BENZOIN ODORIFERUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BENZOIN ODORIFERUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENZOIN ODORIFERUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American spicebush; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; Lindera benzoin; spice bush; spicebush

Hypernyms ("Benzoin odoriferum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Benzoin odoriferum" is a member of...):

genus Lindera; Lindera (aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America)