African nutmeg

Noun

  • A tree from tropical Africa, Monodora myristica (species) (Annonaceae).
  • The seed of that tree, used as a spice.
  • Another tree from Western tropical Africa, Pycnanthus angolensis (species) (syn. Pycnanthus kombo (species)) (Myristicaceae)

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