california allspice

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   straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers

   SynonymsspicebushCalycanthus occidentalis

   Broaderallspice

Questions about california allspice

What does california allspice mean?

california allspice means "straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers".

What is another word for california allspice?

Close synonyms include spicebush, Calycanthus occidentalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is california allspice a common word?

california allspice is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.