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GUINEA GRAINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Guinea grains mean? 

GUINEA GRAINS (noun)
  The noun GUINEA GRAINS has 1 sense:

1. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seedsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GUINEA GRAINS (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 ("Guinea grains" 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 ("Guinea grains" is a member of...):

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


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