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Pimenta

noun

allspice tree

• Syn: ↑genus Pimenta

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtaceae, ↑family Myrtaceae, ↑myrtle family

• Member Meronyms:

↑bayberry, ↑bay-rum tree, ↑Jamaica bayberry, ↑wild cinnamon, ↑Pimenta acris, ↑allspice, ↑allspice tree, ↑pimento tree, ↑Pimenta dioica

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\\pə̇ˈmentə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Portuguese, pepper, from Late Latin pigmenta, plural of pigmentum plant juice

: a genus of tropical American aromatic trees (family Myrtaceae) having large coriaceous pinnately veined leaves, small cymose flowers, and 1 to 6 pendulous ovules — see allspice, bayberry

Useful english dictionary. 2012.