spicewood

[spahys-woo d]

noun

Origin of spicewood

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60; spice + wood¹

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The name cannot be translated and has no connection with naʻtûʻlĭ, “spicewood.”
Myths of the Cherokee
James Mooney
The spicewood was everywhere in flower in the forests on the bank, and it is said that its appearance indicates a fine soil.
Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843)
Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied
Knowing its urgency, they left the spicewood and swept down with the helping band.
The Border Watch
Joseph A. Altsheler