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Noun: spice tree  spIs tree
  1. Tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
    "The cinnamon spice tree was prized for its fragrant bark"
     
  2. Evergreen tree native to the Pacific coast of North America with aromatic leaves used as a spice and valuable hardwood
    "Native Americans used spice tree leaves for medicinal purposes";
    - California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica

Derived forms: spice trees

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, laurel

Part of: genus Umbellularia, Umbellularia