The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ALLSPICE
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More clues leading to the result ALLSPICE
- Cycling loses its attraction, maybe hailstones pepper ground
- A lot of specially ground Jamaica pepper
- Clip seal loosely to powdered flavouring
- Powdered seed tablets — first couple taken last — one must swallow
- Ingredient that’s specially cut and ground
- Pepper that’s sort of special around mid-Wales
- No liquid water to be filled with special flavouring
- Everybody seasoning berries
- One swallows fantastic pills which might enliven the pot
- Special cocktail with a drop of lemon and myrtle pepper
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What does ALLSPICE mean?
ALLSPICE noun- A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.