Definitions
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- n. Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of apetalous trees, constituting the order Myristiceæ, and characterized by diæcious regular flowers with a three-lobed calyx and united filaments, a single ovary-cell and ovule, and alternate leaves.
- n. [lowercase] In pharmacy, the kernel of the seed of Myristica fragrans. It is aromatic and somewhat narcotic. See cut under arillode.
- n. In zoology, a genus of gastropods.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits
Etymologies
From the genus name. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Massularia acuminata, Monodora myristica, Homalium spp., and Alchornea cordifolia.
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The missionary Gili, who did not advance so far as the regions I am now describing, seems to confound the varimacu, or guarimacu, with the myristica, or nutmeg-tree of America.
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Nutmeg is member of the botanical family myristicaceae, this tall evergreen tree (myristica fragrans) is native to the Indonesian Banda Islands, where the Portuguese first found it in the 1500s.
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