Nutmeg (disambiguation)
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Nutmeg
Nutmeg
The nutmeg tree is any of several species of trees in genus Myristica. The most important commercial species is Myristica fragrans, an evergreen tree indigenous to the Banda Islands in the Moluccas of Indonesia...

is a spice.

Nutmeg may also refer to:
  • Calabash nutmeg
    Calabash nutmeg
    Calabash nutmeg is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. In former times, its seeds were widely sold as a inexpensive nutmeg substitute...

    , a tropical shrub
  • Common nutmeg
    Common nutmeg
    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.-Distribution:...

    , the gastropod
  • Leycesteria formosa
    Leycesteria formosa
    Leycesteria formosa is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Himalaya and southwestern China. It is considered a noxious invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, the neighboring islands of Macronesia, and some other places...

    , sometimes known as Flowering nutmeg or Himalaya Nutmeg
  • Montreal melon
    Montreal melon
    The Persian Melon, also known as Montreal melon and Montreal market muskmelon or the Montreal nutmeg melon , is a variety of melon recently rediscovered and cultivated in the Montreal, Canada, area. Scientifically, it is a cultivar of Cucumis melo subsp. melo.It was originally widely grown between...

    , sometimes known as Nutmeg melon
  • Nutmeg (football)
    Nutmeg (football)
    A nutmeg is a technique used in football or field hockey, in which a player rolls the ball through an opponent's legs. This can be whilst passing to another player, shooting or occasionally to carry on and retrieve it themselves.- Origin :...

    , a football (soccer) technique
  • Nutmeg (moth)
    Nutmeg (moth)
    The nutmeg , also known as the clover cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe although in the north of its range it is a summer migrant, not being able to survive the cold winters.This is a small to medium species with cryptically coloured forewings, varying from...

    , a moth
  • Nutmeg grater
    Nutmeg grater
    A nutmeg grater is a tiny grater with very small holes. It is used to grate nutmeg over eggnogs, other creamy and frothy drinks, and any other food in which nutmeg can be used to garnish or add flavour....

    , a device to grate nutmeg spice
  • Nutmeg Hickory
    Nutmeg Hickory
    Carya myristiciformis, the Nutmeg Hickory, of the Juglandaceae or Walnut family, also called swamp hickory or bitter water hickory, is found as small, possibly relict populations across the Southern United States and in northern Mexico on rich moist soils of higher bottom lands and stream banks....

    , a walnut tree
  • Nutmeg liver
    Nutmeg liver
    In hepatology, congestive hepatopathy, also known as nutmeg liver and chronic passive congestion of the liver, is liver dysfunction due to venous congestion, usually cardiac dysfunction, i.e...

    , a speckled appearing liver organ
  • Nutmeg oil
    Nutmeg oil
    Nutmeg oil is a volatile essential oil from nutmeg containing borneol and eugenol.-General uses:The essential oil is obtained by the steam distillation of ground nutmeg and is used heavily in the perfumery and pharmaceutical industries.The oil is colorless or light yellow and smells and tastes of...

    , a volatile oil
  • Nutmegged, to be made to look foolish
  • Nutmegger
    Nutmegger
    Nutmegger is a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut. The official nickname for Connecticut is "The Constitution State", as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut state legislature; however "The Nutmeg State" is an unofficial nickname for the state, hence the nickname "Nutmegger".The origin...

    , a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut
  • Scaly-breasted Munia
    Scaly-breasted Munia
    The Scaly-breasted Munia or Spotted Munia known in the pet trade as Nutmeg Mannikin or Spice Finch is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia extending from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines...

    , also known as the Nutmeg Mannikin
  • The Nutmeg of Consolation
    The Nutmeg of Consolation
    The Nutmeg of Consolation is a historical novel, the fourteenth in the Aubrey-Maturin series, written by British author Patrick O'Brian. The book is set during the Napoleonic Wars and concerns the adventures of naval commander Jack Aubrey, and his friend, ship's surgeon, naturalist and spy, Stephen...

    , a novel about a shipwrecked crew
  • The Nutmegs
    The Nutmegs
    The Nutmegs were a 1950s American doo wop vocal group from New Haven, Connecticut. They are best known for their songs "Story Untold" and "Ship of Love," released in 1955 and 1956, respectively. The quintet was led by tenor Leroy Griffin and was signed to Herald Records.-External links:*...

    , a doo wop group from the 1950s
  • Torreya
    Torreya
    Torreya is a genus of conifers comprising five or six species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. Four are native to eastern Asia; the other two are native to North America. They are small to medium-sized evergreen trees...

    , aka Nutmeg yew
  • Nutmeg, a track on Ghostface's album Supreme Clientele
    Supreme Clientele
    Supreme Clientele is the second studio album of American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, released January 25, 2000 on Epic Records. The album was recorded at several studios in New York and Florida, with the sessions taking place in 1999...

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