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Definition of Aframomum
1. Noun. An African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family, Zingiberaceae
Member holonyms: Aframomum Melegueta, Grains Of Paradise, Guinea Grains, Guinea Pepper, Melagueta Pepper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aframomum
Literary usage of Aframomum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"It is very likely that Bentham, in this place, understood under " Amomum granum
paradisi, L." what is now called Aframomum melegueta, although he coupled ..."
2. German Educational Exhibition, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904: Universities by Prussia (Germany). Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung (1904)
"2. Plants supplying Beverages: Theobroma cacao (Cocoa). 3. Plants producing
Condiments: Cinnamomum ceylanicum; seeds of Aframomum melegueta, ..."
3. The Miombo in Transition: Woodlands and Welfare in Africa by Bruce Morgan Campbell (1996)
"The understorey comprises a mixture of grasses, bracken (Pteridium aquil- inum)
and shrubs, including the monocot Aframomum ..."
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