Look up: nutmeg

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   Nutmeg
   Nutmeg is a tree. The nut of the nutmeg is used in cooking as a spice.
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   Nutmeg
   The oval, brown, wrinkly seed of the nutmeg tree. Used grated to spice a wide range of both sweet and savory dishes.
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   nutmeg
   [n] - East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed 2. [n] - hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground
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   Nutmeg
   Nut'meg noun [ Middle English notemuge ; note nut + Old French muge musk, of the same origin as English musk ; confer Old French noix muguette nutmeg, French noix muscade . See Nut , and Musk .] (Botany) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ( Myristica fragrans ), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere ...
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   nutmeg
   <botany> The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. ... This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish colour without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut sur ...
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   nutmeg
   noun hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground
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   nutmeg
   nutmeg tree noun East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
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   Nutmeg
   The `nutmegs` `Myristica` are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. They are important for two spices derived from the fruit, `nutmeg` and `mace`. Nutmeg is the actual seed of the tree, roughly egg-shaped and about 1 inch (20-30 mm) long and 3/4 inch (15-18 mm) wide, and weighing between one quarter and one half ounce (5 and 10 grams) dried, while mace is the dried `lacy` reddish covering or arillus ...
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   Nutmeg
   • (n.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. • (n.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.
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    nutmeg
    spice consisting of the seed of the Myristica fragrans, a tropical, dioecious evergreen tree native to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, of Indonesia. ... [4 related articles]
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    nutmeg
    nutmeg, name applied to members of the family Myristicaceae. The true nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is an evergreen tree native to the Moluccas but now cultivated elsewhere in the tropics and to a limited extent in S Florida. The fruit is the source of two spices of commercial value: whole or ground n...
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