Allspice

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Allspice

Allspice (/ˈɔːlspaɪs/), also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimento, or pimenta, is a spice that is the dried unripe fruit (berries, used as a spice) of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

Etymology

The name "allspice" was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

Related Terms

  • Spice: A seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food.
  • Pimenta dioica: The scientific name for the allspice tree.
  • Greater Antilles: A group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, where the allspice tree is native.
  • Cinnamon: A spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.
  • Nutmeg: The seed or ground spice of several species of the genus Myristica.
  • Cloves: The aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum.

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