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Allspice

Allspice Meaning & Definition
Allspice Definition And Meaning

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

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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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