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Allspice

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

all·spice / ˈôlˌspīs/ • n. 1. the dried aromatic fruit of a West Indian tree, used whole or ground as a culinary spice. 2. a tree (Pimenta dioica) of the myrtle family from which this spice is obtained. Also called pimento. 3. an aromatic North American tree or shrub (genus Calycanthus, family Calycanthaceae).

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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

allspice Dried fruits of the evergreen plant Pimenta officinalis, also known as pimento (as distinct from pimiento) or Jamaican pepper. The name allspice derives from the aromatic oil, which has an aroma similar to a mixture of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Used to flavour meat and in baking.
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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

allspice (pimento) Aromatic tree native to the West Indies and Central America. The fruits are used as a spice, in perfume and in medicine. Height: up to 12m (40ft). Family Myrtaceae; species Pimenta officinalis
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

allspice pimento. XVII. f. ALL + SPICE, so called because supposed to combine the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

allspice see pimento .

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

allspice See PIMENTA.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

allspice •advice, bice, Brice, choc ice, concise, dice, entice, gneiss, ice, imprecise, lice, mice, nice, precise, price, rice, sice, slice, speiss, spice, splice, suffice, syce, thrice, trice, twice, underprice, vice, Zeiss •merchandise • paradise • sacrifice •packice • woodlice • fieldmice •titmice • dormice • allspice •cockatrice • edelweiss

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