There is the outer rind of fleshy texture, like an unripe peach; enclosed within is the nutlike shell, enveloped in the crimson network of mace, and within the shell is the nutmeg itself.
"Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon"
Samuel White Baker
Its flavor must be nutlike.
"The Complete Book of Cheese"
Robert Carlton Brown
Appetitost Denmark Semisoft; sour milk; nutlike flavor.
"The Complete Book of Cheese"
Robert Carlton Brown