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nutmeg

nut.meg \'n*t-.meg, -.ma-g\ n [ME notemuge, deriv. of OProv. noz muscada, 
   fr. noz nut (fr.]L nuc-, nux) + muscada, fem. of muscat musky - more at 
   MUSCAT : an aromatic seed used as a spice; also : a tree (Myristica fr 
   agrans of the family Myristicaceae, the nutmeg family) native to the 
   Moluccas that produces it