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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries;
[syn: allspice, allspice tree, pimento tree, Pimenta dioica]
2. deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States;
3. ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster]
