spicewood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spicewood
Example Sentences
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But she sipped it as she would have done the decoction of some bitter herb, and frankly confessed that she did not like it as well as the forest substitutes, namely, sassafras, dittany, and spicewood.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Knowing its urgency, they left the spicewood and swept down with the helping band.
From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Every grateful shrub and bit of sod, the pawpaw leaves and spicewood stems, the half-formed hazel-nuts in fluted sheaths, and even new hay-stacks in the meadows, breathed out their best to the rain.
From Old Caravan Days by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
While out gathering sticks and cutting wood for the big fireplace, a happy thought came to him—he would cut off some spicewood branches, hack them up on a log, and secrete them behind the cabin.
From The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln by Wayne Whipple
Where alderbushes and spicewood grew, And frogs croaked noisily all night through.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Jean Blewett
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