Guinea pepper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
    melagueta pepper; grains of paradise; Aframomum melegueta; Guinea grains.
  2. noun tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
    negro pepper; Xylopia aethiopica.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum.
Definitions
  1. . See under Guinea, and Capsicum.

Webster 1913