Nutmeg vs. Allspice

Nutmegnoun

An evergreen tree, Myristica fragrans, cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.

Nutmegnoun

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

Nutmegnoun

A grey-brown colour.

Nutmegnoun

(football) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.

Nutmegverb

(transitive) To flavour with nutmeg.

Nutmegverb

To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).

Nutmegnoun

The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

Nutmegnoun

East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace

Nutmegnoun

hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground

Nutmeg

Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus Myristica. Myristica fragrans (fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg) is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg, from its seed, and mace, from the seed covering.

Allspicenoun

(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Allspicenoun

(countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.

Allspicenoun

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.

Allspicenoun

aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

Allspicenoun

deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

Allspicenoun

ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves

Allspice

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry 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 was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who valued it as a spice that combined the flavours of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove.Several unrelated fragrant shrubs are called (Calycanthus floridus), (Chimonanthus praecox), or (Lindera benzoin).