ALLSPICE

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 2

The dried immature berry of the Myrtus Piment a; called also Jamaica Pepper. It is supposed to po e the mixed flavour of several spices, amongst which that of th« clove predominates. ALLUSION, in Rhetoric. (Lat. ad, to, and ludo, I D [s. 46]