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Definition: white mace
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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