| Noun | 1. | genus Lindera - aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush - deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries |