Definition of Japan allspice

1. Noun. Deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Chimonanthus Praecox, Japanese Allspice, Winter Sweet
Group relationships: Chimonanthus, Genus Chimonanthus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japan Allspice

January 6
Januarye
Januarys
Janus
Janus-faced
Janus cloth
Janus green B
Janus particle
Janus particles
Jap
Japan
Japan Socialist Party
Japan Standard Time
Japan Trench
Japan allspice
Japan bittersweet
Japan cedar
Japan current
Japan tallow
Japan wax
Japanazi
Japanazis
Japanese
Japanese-speaking
Japanese Archipelago
Japanese B encephalitis virus
Japanese Bobtail
Japanese Bobtails
Japanese Giant Salamanders

Literary usage of Japan allspice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The japan allspice, C. fragrans, is the only representative of this genus of the ... The japan allspice is a much-branched shrub, and generally treated as a ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"... of Japan and Florida, Chionanthus fragans, or japan allspice, Cleyera japonica, Eury japonica, ..."

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