Definition of spice

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Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc..

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Salad :: Salad (n.) A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc..
Hippocras :: Hippocras (n.) A cordial made of spiced wine, etc..
Hospice :: Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard..
Odoriferous :: Odoriferous (a.) Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes..
Curry :: Curry (n.) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices..
Marinade :: Marinade (n.) A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish..
Hospitium :: Hospitium (n.) An inn; a lodging; a hospice.
Pimento :: Pimento (n.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.
Spice :: Spice (n.) Species; kind.
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Mince-meat :: Mince-meat (n.) Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie..
Spicer :: Spicer (n.) One who deals in spice.
Purl :: Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices..
Garble :: Garble (n.) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings..
Bragget :: Bragget (n.) A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc..
Allspice :: Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush..
Swig :: Swig (n.) A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc..
Incense :: Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
Aruspices :: Aruspices (pl. ) of Aruspe.
Spicebush :: Spicebush (n.) Spicewood.
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