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Noun: spice tree  spIs tree
  1. Tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
     
  2. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
    - 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

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