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a sweet little spice that doubles as a felony hallucinogen if you get greedy.
means A warm, fragrant spice ground from the seed of a tropical evergreen tree, used in baking and savory dishes — and, in larger doses, a genuinely dangerous psychoactive.
from From Old French 'nois mugue' ("musky nut"), which English chewed down into 'notemuge' and then 'nutmeg.' The 'mugue' part traces back to Latin 'muscus,' musk — the same scent-word behind muscat grapes — so a nutmeg is literally a "musk nut." The spice itself comes from the Banda Islands of Indonesia, once so prized that Europeans fought wars and traded whole islands over its trees.
- hidden danger
- Large doses cause hallucinations and dread for days.
- trade wars
- Nations once killed over Indonesian nutmeg islands.
- two spices
- Mace is the same seed's red outer lace.
- prison high
- Inmates have brewed it for a desperate buzz.
- slow poison
- Active compound myristicin metabolizes into something amphetamine-like.
nutmeg trade spice islands — dutch and portuguese fought for control of the banda islands in indonesia from 1600s-1800s, where nutmeg was worth more than gold
grenada nutmeg production — grenada produces 40% of world's nutmeg supply and features it on their flag
connecticut nutmeg state — connecticut's state nickname since 1800s, originating from nutmeg smuggling by traders