spice tree

Questions about spice tree

What does spice tree mean?

spice tree means "tree bearing aromatic bark or berries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spice tree?

Close synonyms include California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel. 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 spice tree a common word?

spice tree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.