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GRAINS OF PARADISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
Synonyms:
Aframomum melegueta; grains of paradise; Guinea grains; Guinea pepper; melagueta pepper
Classified under:
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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