lindera

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A genus of lauraceous trees or shrubs of the tribe Litseaceæ, having diœcious flowers surrounded by involucres, and often nine stamens having two-celled anthers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A genus of aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun botany Any plant of the genus Lindera, flowering shrubs and trees.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America