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Aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America
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lindera
Word definitions for lindera in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lindera \Lindera\ n. A genus of aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America. Syn: genus Lindera .
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lindera is a genus of about 80-100 species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae , mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America . The species are shrubs and small trees ; common names include spicewood , spicebush ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any plant of the genus ''Lindera'', flowering shrubs and trees.
Usage examples of lindera.
When Deke Lindera was replaced by the pale guard, Vett Zimmer took a sleeping capsule and went off for some rest.
Handing them to Deke Lindera, he turned wordlessly back to the elevator door.
The powdered berries of this American plant, a member of the natural order Lauracece, Lindera Benzoin, occurring in damp woods throughout the Eastern and Central States, were used during the War of Independence by the Americans as a substitute for Allspice and its leaves as a substitute for tea, hence the plant was often called 'Wild Allspice.