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spic⋅er⋅y

[spahy-suh-ree]
–noun, plural -er⋅ies for 3.
1. spices.
2. spicy flavor or fragrance.
3. Archaic. a storeroom or place for spices.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME spicerie < OF espicerie. See spice, -ery
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spic·er·y   (spī'sə-rē)   
n.   pl. spic·er·ies
  1. Spices considered as a group.

  2. The aromatic or pungent quality of spices.

  3. Archaic A place where spices are stored.

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Spicery

Heb. nechoth, identified with the Arabic naka'at, the gum tragacanth, obtained from the astralagus, of which there are about twenty species found in Palestine. The tragacanth of commerce is obtained from the A. tragacantha. "The gum exudes plentifully under the heat of the sun on the leaves, thorns, and exteremity of the twigs."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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