Specialized applications of the plural. (In full grains of Paradise: in early use also singular): the capsules of Amomum Meleguetta of Western Africa…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > fruit or seed > grain of paradise (4) grains of Paradise?a1366 Specialized applications of the plural. (In full grains of Paradise: in early use also singular): the capsules of Amomum Meleguetta of Western Africa… amomuma1398 An odoriferous plant. The Amomum of the ancients not being certainly identified, the word was used with uncertain denotation by earlier writers; it… malagueta1568 The capsules or pungent seeds of a West African plant, Aframomum melegueta (family Zingiberaceae), formerly much used in Europe as a spice, as a… paradise grains1705 = grains of Paradise at grain, n.1 4a. |
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