GRAINS OF PARADISE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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