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JAPAN ALLSPICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japan allspice mean?
• JAPAN ALLSPICE (noun)
The noun JAPAN ALLSPICE has 1 sense:
1. deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
Familiarity information: JAPAN ALLSPICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet
Hypernyms ("Japan allspice" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Japan allspice" is a member of...):
Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)
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