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Japan allspice

Japan allspice

9.9
A shrub from Japan with yellow flowers that smell sweet
  • noun
  • /dʒəˈpæn ˈɔlˌspaɪs/
translation icon : especiero japonés
  • She planted a Japan allspice near the patio for its lovely yellow blooms.

Examples

  • The Japan allspice in my garden fills the air with a sweet fragrance every winter.

  • Many gardeners love Japan allspice for its fragrance.

  • Botanists admire Japan allspice for its early flowering and pleasant scent.

  • The Japan allspice blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Botanists admire Japan allspice for its early flowering and pleasant scent.

  • She planted a Japan allspice near the patio for its lovely yellow blooms.

  • The Japan allspice in my garden fills the air with a sweet fragrance every winter.

Synonyms

Japanese allspice
vsJapan allspice
8.9

A bush from Japan with sweet-smelling yellow flowers

has identical meaning but uses an alternative common name
Chimonanthus praecox
vsJapan allspice
  • Specialized
9.9

A bush from Japan and China with sweet smelling yellow flowers in winter

is similar but without the winter-blooming specificity

Surface Forms

Japan allspice singular
Japan allspices plural

Morphology

Japan + allspice

The noun phrase straightforwardly combines the country name 'Japan' with the noun 'allspice' to indicate an allspice plant associated with Japan. This compositional modifier+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and requires no idiomatic or metaphorical knowledge, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The name Japan allspice may come from a simple picture: the shrub comes from Japan and its sweet, spicy yellow flowers smell like the kitchen spice allspice, so people linked place and smell in the name. So today Japan allspice means a fragrant shrub from Japan.