strawberry bush

1. 1.

   upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

   SynonymswahooEuonymus americanus

   Broadershrub

   Part ofEuonymus
2. 2.

   hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers

   SynonymsCarolina allspicestrawberry shrubsweet shrubCalycanthus floridus

   Broaderallspice

Questions about strawberry bush

What does strawberry bush mean?

strawberry bush means "upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for strawberry bush?

Close synonyms include wahoo, Euonymus americanus, Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub. 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 strawberry bush a common word?

strawberry bush 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.