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allspice

4.9

A tropical tree that makes small berries with a strong smell used as a spice

noun
/ˈɔlˌspaɪs/

: árbol de pimienta de Jamaica

The recipe calls for crushed allspice berries, which give a warm, aromatic flavor to the stew.
Jamaican allspice

Examples

For a delicious marinade, mix olive oil, garlic, and ground allspice with your favorite herbs.
The inhabitants practice subsistence agriculture and harvest forest products (timber, chicle, xate palm, and allspice) that are highly valued on the local and international market.

Academic text (1998)
ProPeten/CI promotes "natural forestry management," featuring more efficient propagation and collection of three nontimber forest products: xate, chicle, and allspice (CI 1994).

Academic text (1998)
You can enhance the flavor of your dish by adding a pinch of allspice to the sauce.

Synonyms

pimento tree

vsallspice

8.1

A tree that makes allspice berries used to flavor food

is the common everyday name for that same tree

allspice tree

vsallspice

6.6

A tropical tree whose dried berries people grind and use as a spice

is the shorter common name used for that tree

Pimenta dioica

vsallspice

Specialized

9.8

An evergreen tree from the Caribbean that makes berries called allspice

is the everyday common term rather than the botanical species name

Pimenta officinalis

vsallspice

Specialized

9.3

A tropical tree with small white flowers and berries used as the spice allspice

is the accepted common name rather than a botanical label

spice tree

vsallspice

5.1

A tree that makes bark or berries used to flavor food

is a specific species rather than a general category of spice producing trees

Compounds

California allspice

8.0

A bush with sweet-smelling brown flowers from the southwestern United States

Carolina allspice

9.3

A hardy bush from the southeastern United States with reddish-brown flowers that smell like cloves

allspice tree

6.6

A tropical tree whose dried berries people grind and use as a spice

Japan allspice

9.9

A shrub from Japan with yellow flowers that smell sweet

Japanese allspice

8.9

A bush from Japan with sweet-smelling yellow flowers

Surface Forms

allspice singular

allspices plural

Morphology

allspice = all + spice (semi-transparent) = all + spice

Formed by 'all' + 'spice'; the compound indicates a spice, but that it names a specific tree/berry (Pimenta dioica) is lexical information not fully deducible from the parts.

Etymology

Allspice when used for the tree follows the same idea: the West Indian tree makes berries that become the spice, so the plant took the name all + spice ('all' 'spice'). This tells you the tree is the source of the spice that tastes like many spices.