Nutmeg is a spice, usually obtained from the plant Myristica fragrans. It may also refer to:

Living things

Plants

  • Agathophyllum aromaticum, a shrub sometimes known as clove nutmeg or Madagascar nutmeg
  • Atherosperma moschatum, an Australian tree sometimes known as plume nutmeg or New Holland nutmeg
  • Carya myristiciformis, a species of hickory tree also known as nutmeg hickory
  • Leycesteria formosa, a shrub sometimes known as flowering nutmeg or Himalaya nutmeg
  • Monodora myristica a tropical tree sometimes known as calabash nutmeg, African nutmeg or Jamaican nutmeg
  • Myristica argentea, Papua nutmeg, Guinea nutmeg, Norse nutmeg or Macassar nutmeg
  • Myristica fragrans, fragrant nutmeg, the usual source of the spice
  • Myristica malabarica, Malabar nutmeg, or Bombay nutmeg
  • Torreya, a genus of conifers also known as nutmeg yew
  • Montreal melon, sometimes called "nutmeg melon"

Animals

Music

Other uses

See also

  • "The Nutmeg State", a nickname for Connecticut
  • Nutmegger, a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut
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