2009-10-02T12:26:48Z <p><b>Allspice</b>, also called <b>Jamaica pepper</b>, <b>kurundu</b>, <b>myrtle pepper</b>, <b>pimenta</b>, or <b>newspice</b>, is a <a href='/en/Spice' title='Spice'>spice</a> which is the dried unripe <a href='/en/Fruit' title='Fruit'>fruit</a> ("berries") of <i><span title='Pimenta (genus)'>Pimenta dioica</span></i> , a <span class='mw-redirect' title='Canopy (forest)'>mid-canopy</span> tree native to the <span title='Greater Antilles'>Greater Antilles</span>, southern <a href='/en/Mexico' title='Mexico'>Mexico</a> and <span title='Central America'>Central America</span>, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name "allspice" was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of <a href='/en/Cinnamon' title='Cinnamon'>cinnamon</a>, <span title='Nutmeg'>nutmeg</span> and <a href='/en/Clove' title='Clove'>cloves</a>.</p> <p>Several unrelated fragrant shrubs are called "Carolina allspice" (<i><span class='mw-redirect' title='Calycanthus floridus'>Calycanthus floridus</span></i>), "Japanese allspice" (<i><span title='Chimonanthus'>Chimonathus fragrans</span></i>) or "Wild allspice" (<i><span title='Lindera benzoin'>Lindera benzoin</span></i>). Allspice is also sometimes used to refer to the herb Costmary (<i><span title='Tanacetum balsamita'>Tanacetum balsamita</span></i>).</p> false fotopedia-en-Allspice fotopedia Allspice false 2009-10-02T15:52:46Z 3.0375 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z ["flickr-988857063","flickr-353719428","flickr-353620464"] { "country": { "US": 1 }, "history_day": { "2009-10-17": 1 }} default