allspice
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- noun
- /ˈɔlˌspaɪs/
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pimienta de Jamaica
- But there was something that caused the sphere to rivet one's attention: from the open door of Bina Hechtkopf's store at the Salt Market, the scent of pepper, allspice, and bay leaf floated and mixed with the other smells.
- teaspoon allspice
- allspice and cloves
- ground allspice
Pimento, pimento, like that's like allspice in America.
- Pimento, pimento, like that's like allspice in America.
- So this is ginger, cinnamon, cloves, allspice.
- Put it above caraway seeds but below allspice chili powder.
Examples
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I add tons of cinnamon and allspice and cook it at 325 for hours.
Blog text (29) -
Pumpkin beers are amber to dark in color, with flavors of allspice, cinnamon, and clove.
Blog text (4) -
I've got allspice, which is not very popular.
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This time around they went to town on a bag of allspice, a plastic container of cayenne, and perhaps one other thing.
Blog text (12) -
Place the pumpkin in a large saucepan and season with salt, honey, and allspice.
Academic text (2004) -
Mix equal parts of cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg and measure from there.
Blog text (21) -
Add the flour, bourbon, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice to the apples.
Blog text (20) -
The air in the closet smelled like tobacco, overripe grapes, and allspice.
Fiction book (1994) -
The house would pulsate with the aroma of freshly ground allspice slowly dancing in a bed of sautéed onions.
Fiction book (1997) -
In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, allspice, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
Synonyms
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A plant part like pepper or cinnamon used to add strong flavor to food
Compounds
A bush with sweet-smelling brown flowers from the southwestern United States
A hardy bush from the southeastern United States with reddish-brown flowers that smell like cloves
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Allspice was named by early English visitors who thought the dried berries tasted like a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, so they called it all + spice ('all' 'spice'). That's why the spice has a warm, mixed flavor like several spices at once.