| 单词 | pimento tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspimento tree b. More fully pimento tree. The allspice tree, Pimenta dioica (family Myrtaceae), an aromatic tree native to the Caribbean, southern Mexico, and Central America that has large leathery leaves and brown berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > pimento tree pimento1679 1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica 38 The Bay Tree or Spice Pimento perfume the woods with profitable sweets. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 126 He built two Hutts with Piemento Trees. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 76 Piementa, Jamaica Pepper, or All-Spice-Tree. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 104 Pimento, a small tree, yielding a strong aromatic spice. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 216 The Pimento-tree grows to the height of 30 or 40 feet, with a very straight trunk. 1835 B. M. Senior Jamaica 55 In three or four years after the ruinate is cleared up, the pimento begins to bear. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 43 The dried seeds of pimento. 1949 J. E. C. McFarlane Treasury Jamaican Poetry i. 23 Dark-robed Pimentos gloom. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 141/1 Allspice. The berry of the Jamaica pepper or pimento. 1991 Sun (Brisbane) 28 Feb. (Update) 34/5 He cut down several pimento trees and began to build a hut. < as lemmas |
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