How to Use spicebush in a Sentence

spicebush

noun
  • Bost wipes his face with spicebush leaves, a natural repellent for a cloud of gnats.
    — Robert Langellier, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
  • As with many fruiting shrubs, spicebush is insect-pollinated.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • If there are wild spicebush nearby, perhaps the weather wasn’t cooperative.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Beneath them can lie currant bushes like elderberry or spicebush, along with edible herbs and mushrooms.
    — Carla Delgado, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Plants that flower in March include willows, serviceberry and spicebush.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Some shrubs grow well in dry shade, such as the native spicebush (Lindera benzoin) and bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera).
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Laurel wilt is transmitted by the wood-boring redbay ambrosia beetle and can affect a range of plants, including sassafras and spicebush.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Next, the dogwoods, serviceberries and spicebush leaf out, catching a fleeting bit of spring sun before they are blanketed in shade for the rest of the growing season.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Shrubs include spicebush, blueberry, viburnum, New Jersey tea, meadowsweet spirea and dogwood (redosier, silky, gray, and pagoda).
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
  • But in April, long before most plants begin leafing out, the spicebush erupts in delicate yellow pompoms of flower, writes Susan Brownstein.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • Beetles are pollinators for plants like magnolia, Carolina allspice, pawpaw, spicebush and water lilies.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2022
  • Plenty of decorative berries are ripening too, like those of American beautyberry, winterberry holly, red chokeberry, gray and silky dogwoods, spicebush, American strawberry-bush, several viburnums, and native roses.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • In my garden, some sumacs may start to turn as September arrives, while other natives like blueberries (Vaccinium, which pollinators and birds appreciate) remain fiery into November, as spicebush (Lindera benzoin) continues beaming its vivid yellow.
    — Margaret Roach, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2021

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