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    GRAINS OF PARADISE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    West African plant bearing pungent peppery seedsplay

    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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