Meanings
plural allspices
- countablePimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
Synonyms: Jamaica pepper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
nounPimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
More synonyms by meaning
nounaromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans wonderpeper
- wonderpeperspice
Arabic بَهَار حُلْو, فِلْفِل إِفْرَنْجِيّ
- بَهَار حُلْو (bahār ḥulw)spice
- فِلْفِل إِفْرَنْجِيّ (filfil ʔifranjiyy)spice
Basque jamaikako piperbeltz
- jamaikako piperbeltzspice
Bulgarian бахар
- бахар (bahar)spice
Catalan pebre de Jamaica, pebrer de Jamaica
- pebre de Jamaicaspice
- pebrer de Jamaicatree
Chinese Mandarin 多香果, 眾香子 /众香子
- 多香果 (duōxiāngguǒ)spice
- 眾香子 /众香子 (zhòngxiāngzi)spice
- 牙買加胡椒 /牙买加胡椒 (Yámǎijiā hújiāo)spice
- 多香果 (duōxiāngguǒ)tree
- 眾香子 /众香子 (zhòngxiāngzi)tree
- 牙買加胡椒 /牙买加胡椒 (Yámǎijiā hújiāo)tree
Czech nové koření
- nové kořeníspice
Danish allehånde
- allehåndespice
Dutch lontai
- lontaispice
Esperanto pimento
- pimentospice
Finnish maustepippuri, maustepippuri
- maustepippurispice
- maustepippuritree
French quatre-épices, tout-épice
- quatre-épicesspice
- tout-épicespice
- piment de la jamaïquespice
German Piment, Neugewürz
- Pimentspice
- Neugewürzspice
- Nelkenpfefferspice
- Jamaikapfefferspice
- Modegewürzspice
Greek μπαχάρι, αρωματοπιπέρι
- μπαχάρι (bachári)spice
- αρωματοπιπέρι (aromatopipéri)tree
Hungarian szegfűbors, szegfûbors
- szegfűborsspice
- szegfûborsspice
Icelandic allrahanda, negulpipar
- allrahandaspice
- negulpiparspice
Italian pepe della Giamaica
- pepe della Giamaicaspice
Japanese オールスパイス, オールスパイス
- オールスパイス (ōrusupaisu)spice
- オールスパイス (ōrusupaisu)tree
Korean 올스파이스나무
- 올스파이스나무 (olseupaiseu-namu)spice
Malay rempah tiga rasa
- rempah tiga rasaspice
Norwegian Bokmål allehånde
- allehåndespice
Norwegian Nynorsk allehande
- allehandespice
Polish ziele angielskie, korzennik lekarski
- ziele angielskiespice
- korzennik lekarskitree
Portuguese pimenta-da-jamaica, pimenteira da Jamaica
- pimenta-da-jamaicaspice
- pimenteira da Jamaicatree
Romanian ienibahar
- ienibaharspice
Russian гвозди́чный пе́рец, яма́йский пе́рец
- гвозди́чный пе́рец (gvozdíčnyj pérec)spice
- яма́йский пе́рец (jamájskij pérec)spice
- души́стый пе́рец (dušístyj pérec)spice
- гвозди́чное де́рево (gvozdíčnoje dérevo)tree
- гвозди́чный пе́рец (gvozdíčnyj pérec)tree
- пиме́нта лека́рственная (piménta lekárstvennaja)tree
Slovak nové korenie
- nové koreniespice
Spanish pimienta de Jamaica, malagueta
- pimienta de Jamaicaspice
- malaguetaspice
Swedish kryddpeppar, kryddpepparträd
- kryddpepparspice
- kryddpepparträdtree
Turkish baharat, yenibahar
- baharatspice
- yenibaharspice
Ukrainian духмя́ний пе́рець
- духмя́ний пе́рець (duxmjányj pérecʹ)spice
Yiddish ענגלישער פֿעפֿער
- ענגלישער פֿעפֿער (englisher fefer)spice
Cite this entry
allspice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allspice
“allspice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allspice. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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