单词 | Guinea pepper |
释义 | Guinea pepper (once / 281413 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Guinea pepper USAGE EXAMPLESTowards the end of the 18th century, Guinea pepper was supplanted in Europe by peppers from the East Indies. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) A great quantity of Agi or Guinea pepper is grown in Peru, the natives being very fond of this condiment. Simmonds, P. L., The Commercial Products of the Vege...(2010) They imported Guinea pepper, elephants' teeth, palm oil, cotton cloth, and cloth made of the bark of trees. Stevenson, William, A General History and Collection of...(2010) 1 n West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds 2Syn|Hyper Aframomum melegueta, Guinea grains, grains of paradise, melagueta pepper herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests n tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine Syn|Hyper Xylopia aethiopica, negro pepper tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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