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allspice|ˈɔːlspaɪs|
[all- E 1 + spice, so called because it has been ‘supposed to combine the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.’]
1. An aromatic spice, also called Jamaica Pepper or Pimento, the dried berry of Eugenia Pimenta or Allspice Tree (family Myrtaceæ) of the West Indies.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. i. iv, Ambergrease, nutmegs and allspice. 1866Morn. Star 17 Mar., Reduction in value of the pimento or all-spice.
2. With various epithets, applied to other aromatic shrubs: allspice tree or Carolina allspice, Calycanthus floridus, a flowering shrub, native to U.S., and cultivated in Engl.; Japan allspice, Chimonanthus fragrans, an early-flowering shrub introduced from China in 1766; wild allspice, Lindera Benzoin, a lauraceous shrub native to N.Amer., bearing an aromatic berry, said to have been used as a substitute for allspice.
1768Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) Ii 3 The bark..has a very strong aromatic scent; from whence the inhabitants of Carolina gave it the title of Allspice. 1789Aiton Hort. Kew. II. 220 Japan Allspice. 1830Rafinesque Med. Flora II. 236 Lindera benzoin has many vulgar names, Spicewood, Allspice. 1866J. Balfour in Treas. Bot. 203 The bark of Carolina Allspice is used as a substitute for cinnamon. 1866A. Black ibid. 270 The Japan Allspice is a much-branched shrub, and generally treated as a wall-plant in gardens. |