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AFRAMOMUM

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Meaning:

An African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae

Synonyms:

Aframomum; genus Aframomum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Aframomum" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Aframomum"):

Aframomum melegueta; grains of paradise; Guinea grains; Guinea pepper; melagueta pepper (West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds)

Holonyms ("Aframomum" is a member of...):

family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)

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