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Meaning of spices

- Species; kind.
- A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
- Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
- To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
- To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
- To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.

Crossword clue for spices

- Aromatic spliced, leaving linseed casing
- Cinnamon, e.g.
- Girls from the ’90s often found in the kitchen
- Nutmeg
- Nutmeg etc
- Paprika, for example
- Piquancy
- Seasoning
- Use seasoning, after all
- zippier
- Aromatic substances added to food
- Food additives
- Food flavourings
- Hot things spy says on the telephone?
- Seasonings