Myristica (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The nutmeg tree is part of the myristica genus that also includes several other commercially cultivated spices.
- Nutmeg seed and the outer lacy covering aril are harvested from myristica when the fruit splits open.
- Historically myristica has been considered the most ancient spice plant with evidence of human consumption dating over 3500 years.
- Myristica trees being tropical evergreens grow densely along riverbanks commonly on acidic dense soil.
- The myristica genus generates nearly forty species especially from mountainous India as well throughout parts of Asia.