English Explanatory Dictionary

African nutmeg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree from tropical Africa, Monodora myristica (Annonaceae).
  2. The seed of that tree, used as a spice.
  3. Another tree from Western tropical Africa, Pycnanthus angolensis (syn. P. kombo) (Myristicaceae)

Word forms

African nutmeg African nutmegs

Synonyms

calabash nutmeg
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