allspice tree

Questions about allspice tree

What does allspice tree mean?

allspice tree means "tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for allspice tree?

Close synonyms include Pimenta officinalis, allspice, pimento tree, Pimenta dioica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allspice tree a common word?

allspice tree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.