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nutmeg

help with synonyms  synonyms: Myristica fragrans ???
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Definition:
1. testicle
Francis Grose. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

2. obviously nutmeg is a spice, but here are some interesting facts:
- It was once believed to prevent the plague, so during Shakespeare's time prices skyrocketed.
- It was once taken in large doses as an abortifacient - it works because it kills both the mother and the child (don't try it)
- In 1667 the British "traded" the (South Pacific nutmeg producing colony) Banda Islands to the Dutch in exhange for Manhattan and New York.
- very large doses can cause delerium, convulsions, nausea, palpatations and various other bad side effects. Again, don't try it.
- nutmeg is fatally neurotoxic to dogs, however they are drawn to the scent and may snarf it. Don't feed it to Fido.
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this bird is as drunk as a quail."
"Drunk!"
"Yes, sir; drunk with the nutmegs that it devoured under the nutmeg-tree, under which I found it. See, friend Ned, see the monstrous effects of intemperance!" 

Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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25th. Found ourselves come to the fleet, and so aboard the Prince, and there, after a good while in discourse, we did agree a bargain of 5000L. for my Lord Sandwich for silk, cinnamon, nutmegs, and indigo. And I was near signing to an undertaking for the payment of the whole sum: but I did by chance escape it, having since, upon second thoughts, great cause to be glad of it, reflecting upon the craft and not good condition, it may be of, Captain Cocke.

Samuel Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys (September 25, 1665)
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