HyperDic: melagueta_pepper

English > 1 sense of the expression melagueta pepper:
NOUNplantmelagueta pepper, grains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, Aframomum meleguetaWest African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
English > melagueta pepper: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWest African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds.
Synonymsgrains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, Aframomum melegueta
Member ofAframomum, genus AframomumAn African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishgranos de paraiso

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