all·spice     (ôlsps)
n. In both senses also called pimento.
  1. A tropical American evergreen tree (Pimenta dioica) having opposite, simple leaves and small white flowers clustered in cymes.
  2. The dried, nearly ripe berries of this plant used as a spice, especially in baking.
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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

allspice

n 1: aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries [syn: 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

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University