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 "Nutmeg", a track on Infected Mushroom's album Return to the Sauce Other uses Nutmeg 24, a Canadian sailboat design Nutmeg (cat), the former longest-lived cat Nutmeg (association football), a football technique Nutmeg (company), an investment company based in London Nutmeg oil, a volatile oil derived from nutmeg Nutmeg (train), a former passenger train of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad See also "The Nutmeg State", a nickname for Connecticut Nutmegger, a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut