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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of fragrant trees of the myrtle family, order Myrtaceæ and tribe Myrteæ, characterized by the circular or spirally twisted embryo, and from one to six ovules pendulous from the summit of each of the two cells of the ovary.
  • noun Same as pimento.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Same as pimento.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun allspice tree

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