Nutmeg (disambiguation)
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Nutmeg is a spice, usually obtained from the plant Myristica fragrans. It may also refer to:
Living things
- Plants
- Agathophyllum aromaticum, a shrub sometimes known as clove nutmeg or Madagascar nutmeg
- Atherosperma moschatum an Australian tree sometimes known as plume nutmeg or New Holland nutmeg
- Carya myristiciformis, a species of hickory tree also known as nutmeg hickory
- Leycesteria formosa, a shrub sometimes known as flowering nutmeg or Himalaya nutmeg
- Monodora myristica a tropical tree sometimes known as calabash nutmeg, African nutmeg or Jamaican nutmeg
- Myristica argentea, Papua nutmeg, Guinea nutmeg, Norse nutmeg or Macassar nutmeg
- Myristica fragrans, fragrant nutmeg, the usual source of the spice
- Myristica malabarica, Malabar nutmeg, or Bombay nutmeg
- Torreya, a genus of conifers also known as nutmeg yew
- Montreal melon, sometimes called "nutmeg melon"
- Animals
- Nutmeg snails, a common name of the genus Cancellariidae
- Common nutmeg, a species of nutmeg snail
- Nutmeg (moth)
- Scaly-breasted munia, also known as the nutmeg mannikin
Music
- Nutmeg (band), an indie-rock band from Sweden
- The Nutmegs, a doo wop group from the 1950s
- "Nutmeg", a track on Ghostface's album Supreme Clientele
- "Nutmeg", a track on Das Racist's mixtape Shut Up, Dude
Other uses
- Nutmeg (football), a football (soccer) technique
- Nutmeg (investment company), an investment company based in London
- Nutmeg grater, a device to grate nutmeg spice
- Nutmeg liver, a speckled appearing liver organ
- Nutmeg oil, a volatile oil derived from nutmeg
- The Nutmeg of Consolation, a novel about a shipwrecked crew
- "The Nutmeg State", a nickname for Connecticut
- Nutmegger, a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut
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