allspice
Meanings
Plural: allspices
Noun
- aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
- deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
- ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
- 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.
- Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
Origin / Etymology
From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices.
Synonyms
allspice tree, Jamaica pepper, Pimenta dioica, pimento, pimento tree
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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