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-- Nutmeg butter, a
solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. --
Nutmeg flower (Bot.), a ranunculaceous
herb (Nigella sativa) with small black aromatic seeds, which
are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and
clothing. -- Nutmeg liver (Med.), a
name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung
disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central
veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a
nutmeg. -- Nutmeg melon (Bot.), a
small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. -- Nutmeg
pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of several species
of pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East
Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white,
with black on the wings and tail. -- Nutmeg
wood (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm.
-- Peruvian nutmeg, the aromatic seed of a
South American tree (Laurelia sempervirens). --
Plume nutmeg (Bot.), a spicy tree of
Australia (Atherosperma moschata).

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