WordNet
sweet shrub
n. hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers [syn: Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, strawberry bush, Calycanthus floridus]
Usage examples of "sweet shrub".
There was a faint wild fragrance of sweet shrub on the breeze and the world smelted good enough to eat.
The sultry smells of summer and sweet shrub and dark earth were heavy, and the itchy whirr of bumblebees stung the silence.