aframomum melegueta

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   West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds

   Synonymsgrains of paradiseGuinea grainsGuinea peppermelagueta pepper

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   Part ofAframomum

Questions about aframomum melegueta

What does aframomum melegueta mean?

aframomum melegueta means "West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds".

What is another word for aframomum melegueta?

Close synonyms include grains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aframomum melegueta a common word?

aframomum melegueta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.