noun
1. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
• Syn: ↑grains of paradise, ↑Guinea grains, ↑melagueta pepper, ↑Aframomum melegueta
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aframomum, ↑genus Aframomum
2. tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
• Syn: ↑negro pepper, ↑Xylopia aethiopica
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Xylopia, ↑genus Xylopia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.