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Noun: California nutmeg
  1. California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavour
    "The California nutmeg grows naturally in the coastal mountains";
    - nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica

Type of: yew

Part of: genus Torreya, Torreya

Encyclopedia: California nutmeg