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Definition of Aframomum melegueta
1. Noun. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds.
Exact synonyms: Grains Of Paradise, Guinea Grains, Guinea Pepper, Melagueta Pepper
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Aframomum, Genus Aframomum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Aframomum, Genus Aframomum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aframomum Melegueta
Literary usage of Aframomum melegueta
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, ..."