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nutmeg
noun
- the hard, aromatic seed of an East Indian tree (Myristica fragrans) of the nutmeg family: it is grated and used as a spice, and its outer covering yields the spice mace
- the tree itself
adjective
designating a family (Myristicaceae, order Magnoliales) of tropical, dicotyledonous trees
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