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calabash nutmeg

noun

Definition of calabash nutmeg 

1 : the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora myristica) of the family Annonaceae about the size of an orange and containing many aromatic seeds that are used like nutmegs

2 : the shrub that bears calabash nutmegs

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