The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allspice \All"spice`\, n. The berry of the pimento ( Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice ( Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice ( Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
Wiktionary
n. An American shrub, the spicebush (''Lindera benzoin''), whose bark has a citrusy taste and odor.
Usage examples of "spicewood".
One by one, the males approached them, bearing seedpods and spicewood, dried foliage, and much else the dark unicorn could not identify.
The chamber was warm, the air heavy with the savor of spicewood and smoke.
Baskets of spicewood shavings and dried flower petals surrounded her, and figurines of blackened skystuff.
Selecting a curl of spicewood from one of the baskets, the elderly two-foot cupped it in one forepaw and struck a sliver of skystuff against a stone.
The dark unicorn stared, incredulous, as the spicewood curl began to burn, sending up a fragrant, smoky plume.
More disks of skystuff followed, along with bits of spicewood, dried flower petals, berries, and nuts.