单词 | guinea pepper |
释义 | Guinea peppern. (a) An early name for Cayenne pepper. (b) (See quot. 1838.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of long peppereOE garden ginger1526 Guinea pepper1597 Ethiopian pepper1598 chilli1662 pimiento1671 pimento1673 piment1705 capsicum1725 cayenne1756 African pepper1788 paprika1839 Negro pepper1849 Japan pepper1866 shot-pepper1890 chilli powder1898 chile ancho1906 chile mulato1907 Aleppo pepper1920 pasilla1935 mirch1951 pepperoncino1951 shishito1975 chili pepper- 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 293 Ginnie pepper hath the taste of pepper, but not the power or vertue. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 40 Hee flung Ginny-Pepper in the Hangmans eyes as he came to put the noose ouer his necke. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §922 It hath beene a Practice to burne a Pepper, they call Ginny-Pepper; Which hath such a strong Spirit, that it prouoketh a Continuall Sneezing, in those that are in the Roome. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 19 And choak with Fumes of Guiny-Pepper. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 305 Guinea Pepper..grows on Shrubs in red Shells or Husks. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 209 Capsicum or Guinea Pepper is also of this lurid order. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 313 The Guinea Pepper..introduced into England, from India, so early as 1548. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 480/2 Guinea pepper, the seeds of two species of Amomum, found on the west coast of Africa, within the tropics; the one Amomum grana Paradisi, the other, Amomum grandiflorum. They are powerfully aromatic, stimulant, and cordial. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1597 |
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