GRAINS OF PARADISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grains of paradise mean? 

• GRAINS OF PARADISE (noun)
  The noun GRAINS OF PARADISE has 1 sense:

1. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds

  Familiarity information: GRAINS OF PARADISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAINS OF PARADISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aframomum melegueta; grains of paradise; Guinea grains; Guinea pepper; melagueta pepper

Hypernyms ("grains of paradise" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("grains of paradise" is a member of...):

Aframomum; genus Aframomum (an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae)