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/greɪnz əv pˈɛrədˌaɪs/ Listen

Grains of paradise

noun

West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds. Synonyms: Aframomum melegueta, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper.

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... produced in the Goanese but we must go south to find the "Bilad al-Filfil" (home of pepper) i.e. Malabar. The exorbitant prices demanded by Venice for this spice led directly to the discovery of The Cape route by the Portuguese; as the "Grains of Paradise" (Amomum Granum Paradisi) induced the English to ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton

Words linked to "Grains of paradise" : Guinea pepper, Aframomum melegueta, genus Aframomum, Aframomum, herb, herbaceous plant, melagueta pepper, Guinea grains