About The Word Allspice
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Allspice
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What's The Definition Of Allspice?
[n] ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
[n] deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States [n] aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries Synonyms | Synonyms for Allspice: allspice tree | Pimenta dioica | pimento tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Allspice: See Also | allspice | allspice | allspice tree | bush | California allspice | Calycanthus | Calycanthus floridus | Calycanthus occidentalis | Carolina allspice | genus Calycanthus | genus Pimenta | Pimenta | Pimenta dioica | pimento tree | shrub | spice | spice tree | spicebush | strawberry bush | strawberry shrub | sweet shrub Allspice In Webster's Dictionary \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento ({Eugenia pimenta}), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the {Carolina allspice} ({Calycanthus floridus});
{wild allspice} ({Lindera benzoin}), called also {spicebush},
{spicewood}, and {feverbush}.
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