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allspice

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all·spice  (ôlsps)
n. In both senses also called pimento.
1. A tropical American evergreen tree (Pimenta dioica) having opposite, simple leaves and small white flowers clustered in cymes.
2. The dried, nearly ripe berries of this plant used as a spice, especially in baking.

allspice
Noun
a spice used in cooking, which comes from the berries of a tropical American tree
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Noun1.allspiceallspice - aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
allspice - ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
genus Pimenta, Pimenta - allspice tree
spice tree - tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
2.allspice - deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
Calycanthus, genus Calycanthus - a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
Calycanthus floridus, Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub, strawberry bush - hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis, spicebush - straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
3.allspiceallspice - ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
spice - any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
allspice, Pimenta dioica, pimento tree, allspice tree - aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
Translations

allspice [ˈɔːlspaɪs] npimienta inglesa or de Jamaica
allspice [ˈɔːlspaɪs] npoivre m de la Jamaïque
allspice [ˈɔːlspaɪs] nPiment m or nt
allspice [ˈɔːlspaɪs] npepe m della Giamaica

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