white mace

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white mace - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mace \Mace\, n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. ?; cf. Skr.
     makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.]
     (Bot.)
     A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See
     Nutmeg.
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     Note: Red mace is the aril of Myristica tingens, and
           white mace that of Myristica Otoba, -- East Indian
           trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree.
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