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Allspice

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. uncountable
  2. 2
    ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves wordnet
  3. 3
    Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries. countable
  4. 4
    deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States wordnet
  5. 5
    aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries wordnet

Etymology

From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices.

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