| 单词 | pimiento tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspimiento tree 1. Allspice; = pimento n. 1a. Also (more fully pimiento tree): the allspice tree; = pimento n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > allspice allspice1621 pimentoc1660 Jamaica pepper1661 pimiento1662 pimento berry1788 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar 47 That most delicate of Spices, call'd usually in England Pepper of Jamaica... It is commonly called in Jamaica, Pimienta. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 619 Three distinct kinds of the Tree Pimiento's, from the Islands of Jamaica. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 251 The Meat they [sc. Creolians] eat is season'd with Axi, or Pimiento, that sort of Spice..which is so hot, that Strangers cannot possibly endure it. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. p. vi Tab. VI. shews..Fig.2. The Jamaica pepper, or Pimienta Tree. 1959 Home Encycl. 184 Pimento, Pimiento. A mild, sweet, red, aromatic berry of the pimento tree. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 63 Allspice (also known as pimiento or Jamaican pepper) is not technically a spice, but rather a berry that grows on the indigenous pimiento tree. < as lemmas |
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