allspice
(noun) ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
allspice
(noun) deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
allspice, allspice tree, pimento tree, Pimenta dioica
(noun) aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
allspice (countable and uncountable, plural allspices)
(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.
(countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
• (spice): Pimento
• (tree): Jamaica pepper
• Capellis, Pacellis, speciall, specilla
Source: Wiktionary
All"spice`, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 April 2025
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