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allspice

allspice noun: a spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

allspice: a spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of...
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Noun

allspice (countable and uncountable, plural allspices)

  1. (uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
    Synonyms:
    pimento
  2. (countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
    Synonyms:
    Jamaica pepper

allspice meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

allspice in Tamil

வால்மிளகு, பண்மணப் பொருள் த செடியினம்

allspice in Urdu

کباب چینی

allspice in Bengali

কাবাব চিনি

allspice in Arabic

spice
بَهَار حُلْو bahār ḥulw, فِلْفِل إِفْرَنْجِيّ filfil ʔifranjiyy
More languagesFewer languages
allspice in Malay
rempah tiga rasa

Synonyms of allspice

Forms of allspice

pluralallspices

Origin of allspice

From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices.

Words formed from allspice

Questions about allspice

What does allspice mean?
Allspice means a spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
What is allspice in Tamil?
Allspice in Tamil is வால்மிளகு, பண்மணப் பொருள் த செடியினம். See Allspice meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is allspice?
Allspice is a noun.
What is the plural of allspice?
The plural of allspice is allspices.

Words near allspice in the dictionary

  1. Allsopp
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  4. allsort
  5. allsorts
  6. allspice
  7. allspiced
  8. allspices
  9. Allston
  10. Allsup
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Adapted from Wiktionary: allspice (page history and authors); allspice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allspice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allspice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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