English-Thai Dictionary

nutmeg

N ต้น จัน ทน์ เท ศ  ton-jan-tad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUTMEG

n.[L. But it may be questionable whether the last syllable in English, meg, is not from L., mace, the bark that envelops the nut. ] The fruit of a tree of the genus Myristica, growing in the isles of the East Indies and South Sea. The tree gorws to the gighth of thirty feet, producing numerous branches. The color of the bark of the trunk is a reddish brown; that of the young branches a bright green. The fruit is of the kind called drupe, that is, a pulpy pericarp without valves, containing a nut or kernel. The covering of this nut is the mace. The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NUTMEG

Nut "meg, n. Etym: [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See Nut, and Musk. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans ), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

 

Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of Myristica yield nutmegs of inferior quality. American, Calabash, or Jamaica, nutmeg, the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora Myristica ). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. -- Brazilian nutmeg, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, Cryptocarya moschata. -- California nutmeg, tree of the Yew family (Torreya Californica ),growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. -- Clove nutmeg, the Ravensara aromatica, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. -- Jamaica nutmeg. See American nutmeg (above ). -- Nutmeg bird (Zoöl.), an Indian finch (Munia punctularia ). -- Nutmeg butter, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. -- Nutmeg flower (Bot. ), a ranunculaceous herb (Nigella sativa ) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. -- Nutmeg liver (Med. ), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. -- Nutmeg melon (Bot. ), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. -- Nutmeg pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. -- Nutmeg wood (Bot. ), the wood of the Palmyra palm. -- Peruvian nutmeg, the aromatic seed of a South American tree (Laurelia sempervirens ). -- Plume nutmeg (Bot. ), a spicy tree of Australia (Atherosperma moschata ).

 

NUTMEGGED

NUTMEGGED Nut "megged, a.

 

Defn: Seasoned with nutmeg.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nutmeg

nut meg |ˈnətˌmeg ˈnətˌmɛɡ | ▶noun 1 the hard, aromatic, almost spherical seed of a tropical tree. • this seed grated and used as a spice. 2 the evergreen tree that bears these seeds, native to the Moluccas. [Myristica fragrans, family Myristicaceae. ] ORIGIN late Middle English notemuge, partial translation of Old French nois muguede, based on Latin nux ‘nut ’ + late Latin muscus ‘musk. ’

 

Nutmeg State

Nut meg State a nickname for the state of Connecticut.

 

Oxford Dictionary

nutmeg

nut ¦meg |ˈnʌtmɛg | ▶noun 1 the hard, aromatic, almost spherical seed of a tropical tree. • [ mass noun ] nutmegs grated and used as a spice. 2 the evergreen tree that bears nutmegs, native to the Moluccas. ●Myristica fragrans, family Myristicaceae. 3 Soccer, informal an instance of playing the ball through an opponent's legs. [extended use of obsolete nutmegs ‘testicles ’.] ▶verb ( nutmegs, nutmegging, nutmegged ) [ with obj. ] Soccer, informal play the ball through the legs of (an opponent ). ORIGIN late Middle English notemuge, partial translation of Old French nois muguede, based on Latin nux ‘nut ’ + late Latin muscus ‘musk ’.

 

Nutmeg State

Nutmeg State informal name for Connecticut.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nutmeg

nut meg /nʌ́tmèɡ /名詞 1 U ナツメグ 〘ニクズクの種を乾燥して粉末にしたもの; 香辛料 薬用 〙.2 C 〘植 〙ニクズク ; その木 〘マラッカ群島原産の常緑高木 〙.