guinea grains
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From its native range in West Africa, formerly generally known as Guinea, q.v.
Noun[edit]
guinea grains pl (normally plural, singular guinea grain)
- Synonym of grains of paradise.
- 1904, Journal of the African Society, number 3, page 374:
- The tooth is plugged with a pounded mixture of the root of the lime tree and Guinea grains.
References[edit]
- “Guinea, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1900.
