Carolina allspice

noun

A fragrant shrub native to the Eastern United States (Calycanthus floridus)

Similar
eastern spicebushEnglish strawberry shrub, English sweetshrub, Carolina sweetshrubstrawberry shrubstrawberry bushsweet shrubCalycanthus floridus
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Meanings

nounCarolina allspice (usually uncountable, plural Carolina allspices)

plural Carolina allspices

  1. USuncountableusuallyA fragrant shrub native to the Eastern United States (Calycanthus floridus)

    Synonyms: eastern spicebush, English strawberry shrub, English sweetshrub, Carolina sweetshrub

  2. USrareuncountableusuallyAny plant in the genus Calycanthus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fragrant shrub native to the Eastern United States (Calycanthus floridus)

Similar
eastern spicebushEnglish strawberry shrub, English sweetshrub, Carolina sweetshrub

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
strawberry shrubstrawberry bushsweet shrubCalycanthus floridus
Broader
allspice
Also see
bubby bushbubbybushstrawberry bush

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

Carolina allspice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolina%20allspice

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“Carolina allspice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolina%20allspice. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Carolina allspice,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolina%20allspice.

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