spicewood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spicewood
Example Sentences
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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 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
It worked like a charm; the spicewood boughs not only added to the brightness of the scene but filled the whole house with the "sweet smelling savour" of a little boy's love and gratitude.
From The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln by Whipple, Wayne
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 Whipple, Wayne
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 Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
The spicewood was everywhere in flower in the forests on the bank, and it is said that its appearance indicates a fine soil.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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