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allspice
n.
type of evergreen tree; berry from this tree; aromatic spice made from the powdered dried berries
Allspice
Allspice, also called
Jamaica pepper,
pepper,
myrtle pepper,
pimenta,
Turkish Yenibahar,
English pepper or
newspice, is the dried unripe
fruit (
berries, used as a
spice) of
Pimenta dioica, a
midcanopy tree native to the
Greater Antilles, southern
Mexico, and
Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name 'allspice' was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of
cinnamon,
nutmeg, and
cloves.
allspice
Noun
1. aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
(synonym) allspice tree, pimento tree, Pimenta dioica
(hypernym) spice tree
(member-holonym) Pimenta, genus Pimenta
2. deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, strawberry bush, sweet shrub, Calycanthus floridus
(member-holonym) Calycanthus, genus Calycanthus
3. ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
(hypernym) spice
(part-holonym) allspice tree, pimento tree, Pimenta dioica
allspice
n.
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Allspice
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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