nutmeg : Idioms & Phrases

• the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora Myristica). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp.

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• the fruit of a lauraceous tree, Cryptocarya moschata.

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• noun California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
  Torreya californica; California nutmeg.
  

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• tree of the Yew family (Torreya Californica), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine.

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• the Ravensara aromatica, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic.

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• . See American nutmeg (above).

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• (Zoöl.), an Indian finch (Munia punctularia).

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• a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression.

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• noun family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
  family Myristicaceae; Myristicaceae.
  

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• noun herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway
  Roman coriander; black caraway; Nigella sativa.
  

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• (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb (Nigella sativa) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing.

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• noun geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers
  Pelargonium odoratissimum; apple geranium.
  

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• noun hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts
  Carya myristicaeformis; Carya myristiciformis.
  

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• (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg.

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• noun a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
  net melon; netted melon; Cucumis melo reticulatus.
  
• noun the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
  net melon; netted melon.
  

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• (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail.

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• noun a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
  Constitution State; Connecticut; CT.
  

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• noun East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
  Myristica fragrans; nutmeg.
  

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• (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a nutmeg
  

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• noun California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
  Torreya californica; California nutmeg.
  

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• the aromatic seed of a South American tree (Laurelia sempervirens).

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• (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia (Atherosperma moschata).
• (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree (Atherosperma moschata), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles.

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