Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen tree (Pimenta dioica) native to the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America, having opposite, simple leaves and white flowers clustered in cymes.
- noun The dried, nearly ripe berries of this plant, used as a spice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fruit of Eugenia Pimenta, a tree of the West Indies. See
pimento .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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, theCarolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus );wild allspice (Lindera benzoin ), called alsospicebush ,spicewood , andfeverbush .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
spice ; the dried and groundunripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought tocombine theflavours of several spices, such ascinnamon ,nutmeg andcloves . - noun countable An
evergreen tree oftropical America witharomatic berries .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
- noun ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
- noun aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
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Examples
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Grace said ... first of all, i enjoy when muffins look like mushrooms. secondly, although i think allspice is kinda an acquired taste, i love it, especially in a moist muffin.
An Allspice Variation On Whole Grain Sour Cream Muffins Laura 2009
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Remove the bay leaf and the allspice from the Dutch oven.
The Accidental Gourmet Weeknights Sally Sondheim 2002
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I think allspice is still called allspice in the US.
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I knoticed you mentioned the use of allspice, which is very different from mixed spice.
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Pimento is also called allspice, as the flavour is said to resemble a mixture of cinnamon, clove and nutmeg.
Article Source 2009
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We want our cinnamon rolls sugary, and the allspice was a bit jarring in the midst of the sweet.
The Kitchn 2009
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* including allspice, which is sold in the Netherlands as "piment"
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Saffron is a spice native to Poland and was very popular in the middle ages, but its use declined under communist rule, probably due to its cost, but all the other popular spices such as allspice, juniper and caraway seeds are a regular part of the Polish kitchen.
At My Table 2008
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Saffron is a spice native to Poland and was very popular in the middle ages, but its use declined under communist rule, probably due to its cost, but all the other popular spices such as allspice, juniper and caraway seeds are a regular part of the Polish kitchen.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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As is typical of meat pies of Western Europe provenance, variations on Tourtière include many a spice to lift and complement the meat, such as allspice, cinnamon, cloves or nutmeg, in addition to onion or garlic.
Mmm...Canada - Shaun 2008
chained_bear commented on the word allspice
"The Egyptians were not alone in sending their dead to an aromatic grave. Although customs varied from one time and place to another, spices, resins, flowers, and aromatics were used by all the major cultures of antiquity, whether the body was mummified, buried, or incinerated.*
" * The Mayans used allspice in embalming."
--Jack Turner, _Spice: The History of a Temptation_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 148
December 2, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word allspice
Is allspice related to somespice and nospice?
January 21, 2022