PIMENTA DIOICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pimenta dioica mean? 

• PIMENTA DIOICA (noun)
  The noun PIMENTA DIOICA has 1 sense:

1. aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

  Familiarity information: PIMENTA DIOICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMENTA DIOICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree

Hypernyms ("Pimenta dioica" is a kind of...):

spice tree (tree bearing aromatic bark or berries)

Meronyms (parts of "Pimenta dioica"):

allspice (ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves)

Holonyms ("Pimenta dioica" is a member of...):

genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Pimenta dioica.

(Pimenta Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)