allspice

all·spice

A0218200 (ôl′spīs′) n. 1. An evergreen tree (Pimenta dioica) native to the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America, having opposite, simple leaves and white flowers clustered in cymes. 2. The dried, nearly ripe berries of this plant, used as a spice. In both senses also called pimento.

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[Early Modern English, so called because it was considered to combine the aromas and flavors of spices commonly used in Europe before the colonization of the Americas, especially cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper.]

allspice

(ˈɔːlˌspaɪs) n1. (Plants) a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta officinalis, having small white flowers and aromatic berries2. (Cookery) the whole or powdered seeds of this berry used as a spice, having a flavour said to resemble a mixture of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg Also called: pimento or Jamaica pepper

all•spice

(ˈɔlˌspaɪs)

n. 1. the dried unripe berries of an aromatic tropical American tree, Pimenta dioica, of the myrtle family: used as a spice. 2. the tree itself. [1615–25]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	allspice - aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berriesPimenta dioica, pimento tree, allspice treeallspice - ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and clovesgenus Pimenta, Pimenta - allspice treespice tree - tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
	2.	allspice - deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United StatesCalycanthus, genus Calycanthus - a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspiceCalycanthus floridus, Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub, strawberry bush - hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowersCalifornia allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis, spicebush - straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowersbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	allspice - ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and clovesspice - any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring foodallspice, Pimenta dioica, pimento tree, allspice tree - aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

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