macassar nutmeg

macassar nutmeg
noun
Usage: usually capitalized M
: the seed of an East Indian tree (Myristica argentea) that is sometimes used as an adulterant of or substitute for nutmegs — called also long nutmeg

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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