Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Pond spice} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Tetranthera
      geniculata}) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves,
      and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole
      plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia
      to Florida.

   {Pond tortoise}, {Pond turtle} (Zo["o]l.), any freshwater
      tortoise of the family {Emydid[ae]}. Numerous species are
      found in North America.