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Nutmeg is the spice made by grinding the seed of the fragrant nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans) into powder.The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm, slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavor many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog.
Myristicin is a naturally occurring compound (a benzodioxole) found in common herbs and spices, such as nutmeg. [1] [2] It is an insecticide, and has been shown to enhance the effectiveness of other insecticides.
Myristica fragrans, commonly known as the nutmeg tree, is an evergreen species indigenous to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. This aromatic tree is economically significant as the primary source of two distinct spices: nutmeg , derived from its seed, and mace , obtained from the seed's aril .
Myristica is a genus of trees in the family Myristicaceae.There are over 150 species, distributed in Asia and the western Pacific as far as Vanuatu. [2] [3]The type species of the genus, and the most economically important member, is Myristica fragrans (the nutmeg tree), from which mace is also derived.
Myristica insipida, commonly known in Australia as Australian nutmeg, Queensland nutmeg or native nutmeg, is a small rainforest tree in the family Myristicaceae native to parts of Malesia, Papuasia and Australia. It is closely related to the commercially-important species of nutmeg, M. fragrans.
The common nutmeg, Cancellaria reticulata, is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [ 1 ] Distribution
A feral cat that lived at Disneyland and inspired a secret cocktail at Magic Key Terrace has died, according to local news reports. Nutmeg, an orange cat that was part of the permanent group of ...
Monodora myristica, the calabash nutmeg or African nutmeg, [1] is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone in the west to Tanzania. [1] [3] In former times, its seeds were widely sold as an inexpensive nutmeg substitute.