Definition for PI-MEN'TA, or PI-MENT'O

PI-MEN'TA, or PI-MENT'O, n. [Sp. pimienta.]

Jamaica pepper, popularly called allspice. The tree producing this spice is the Myrtus Pimenta of Linnæus, and the Eugenia Pimenta of DeCandolle. It grows spontaneously in Jamaica in great abundance. – Encyc.

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