The Meaning of allspice

• (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.

Synonyms

allspice tree , pimento tree , Pimenta dioica

Rhymes

advice , berneice , bice , brice , bryce , buysse , concise , deiss , device , devise , deweiss , dice , dise , dyce , edelweiss , entice , excise , feis , fleiss , fordyce , geise , gneiss , grice , guice , heise , heiss , hice , ice , imprecise , kies , kleiss , kreiss , lice , meiss , mice , midprice , misprice , nice , nyce , overprice , paradise , precise , preiss , price , pryce , reiss , reprice , rice , sacrifice , slice , spice , splice , stice , suffice , theiss , thrice , tice , trice , twice , tyce , underprice , vice , vise , weis , weiss , weisse , wice , wrice , zeiss