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Eugenia pimenta
(gcide) | Allspice \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus);
wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
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Pimenta acris
(gcide) | Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
(b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta
acris}).
(c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
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Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.
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genus pimenta
(wn) | genus Pimenta
n 1: allspice tree [syn: Pimenta, genus Pimenta] |
pimenta
(wn) | Pimenta
n 1: allspice tree [syn: Pimenta, genus Pimenta] |
pimenta acris
(wn) | Pimenta acris
n 1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: bayberry, {bay-
rum tree}, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, {Pimenta
acris}] |
pimenta dioica
(wn) | Pimenta dioica
n 1: aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
[syn: allspice, allspice tree, pimento tree, {Pimenta
dioica}] |
pimenta officinalis
(wn) | Pimenta officinalis
n 1: tropical American tree having small white flowers and
aromatic berries [syn: allspice tree, {Pimenta
officinalis}] |
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