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Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, [a] is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. [3]
Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet [1] and Japanese allspice, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Chimonanthus of the family Calycanthaceae. The plant is native to China and is known as làméi in Chinese. It is also grown in Iran, where it is called gol-e yakh (گلیخ) or "ice flower" in Persian. [3]
Spanish pimiento and Portuguese pimento both come from Latin pigmentum ("pigment; coloring") and came to be used for bell peppers.The English borrowed "pimiento" and "pimento" as loanwords for what is distinguished in Spanish as pimentón and in Portuguese as pimentão.
Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring. This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis, or recreational drugs such as tobacco. It also excludes plants used primarily for herbal teas or medicinal purposes.
Well-known species include allspice (P. dioica) and the West Indian bay tree (P. racemosa). The name is mostly probably derived from the Portuguese word "pimenta", with the same meaning of the Spanish word pimienta, meaning "peppercorn." It refers to the berries of P. dioica. [5]
The name "Cincinnati chili" is often confusing to those unfamiliar with it, because the term "chili" evokes the expectation of chili con carne, [29] [37] [38] to which it "bears no resemblance". [39] Cincinnati chili is a Mediterranean-spiced [ 38 ] [ 40 ] meat sauce [ 41 ] for spaghetti or hot dogs, and is very seldom eaten by the bowl [ 30 ...
Its name is French for "four spices"; it is considered the French allspice. [1] The spice mix contains ground pepper (white, black, or both), cloves , nutmeg and dried ginger . Some variations of the mix use allspice or cinnamon instead of pepper, or cinnamon instead of ginger.
Calycanthus floridus is a shrub that grows to be around 6 to 9 ft (2 to 3 m) tall. [5] Its leaves are a dark green with a pale underside. They are ovate or elliptical in shape and grow to be about 6 inches (15 cm) in length. [5]