A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
Any number of vegetable-based aromatic seasonings other than the leafy portion (which is the herb). A spice is generally a root, seed, bark or stem.
a wide variety of seasonings made from the bud, bark, root, fruit seed or stem of various plants; spices are generally ground to use in seasoning food, but can also be used whole (e.g. caraway seed); spices are also sold as blends, such as curry powder
Roughly defined as the seeds, bark, roots, fruit or flowers of plants although herbs sometimes cross into this distinction.
aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
make more interesting or flavorful; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"
a dried seed A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants
an exotic vegetable substance with a strong and often prickly savour allowing to restore appetizing and more digestible food
a part of a plant other than the leaves or stems that is used to flavor foods
a seed, a seed pod, bark or woody-like material that is used for culinary purposes and sometimes used in craft projects
Any part of a plant, other than the leaves, used in flavoring.
An aromatic substance used to season food.
an aromatic plant substance, generally bark or berry, used to flavor foods.
A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavoring.
In the fictional Star Wars universe, spice usually refers to an illegal narcotic or a controlled substance.