| 单词 | guinea grains | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasGuinea grains  a.  (In full  grains of Paradise: in early use also singular): the capsules of  Amomum Meleguetta of Western Africa (cf. cardamom n. b), used as a spice and in medicine; called also  Guinea grains (see Guinea n.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > 			[noun]		 > malaguetta pepper grains of Paradise?a1366 malagueta1568 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 grains of Paradise?a1366 amomuma1398 malagueta1568 paradise grains1705 ?a1366    Romaunt Rose 1369  				Clowe-gelofre, and licoryce, Gingere, and greyn de Parys [Fr. Graine de paradis]. c1405						 (c1390)						    G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 		(Hengwrt)	 		(2003)	 l. 504  				But first he cheweth grayn and likorys To smellen swete. c1460    J. Russell Bk. Nurture 126  				Graynes of paradise, hoote & moyst þey be. a1475    Liber Cocorum 		(Sloane)	 		(1862)	 38  				Take..Of maces, cloves and graynys also. 1542    A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxii. sig. L.i  				Graynes be good for the stomake and the hed. 1631    B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre  iv. iv. 58 in  Wks. II  				I'ld cure him now..with..garlike, long-pepper, and graines. 1669    J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 		(1681)	 225  				Steep the Regulus of Antimony in Ale, with a little of the Spice called Grains. 1705    tr.  W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 305  				Malagueta, otherwise called Paradise-Grains, or Guinea Pepper. 1743    W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer 		(ed. 2)	 288  				When I found it [Two-Penny Drink] left a hot Tang behind it, it gave me just Reason to believe they had used Grains of Paradise, or long Pepper, both which will save Malt. 1812    J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 84  				Guinea Grains and Grains of Paradise are considered, by the Trade, as one and the same article. 1850    C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. viii. 127  				Beer poisoned wi' grains o' paradise, and cocculus indicus. Guinea grains   Guinea grains  n. the aromatic, pungent seeds of the plant Amomum Meleguetta of West Africa; = grains of Paradise at grain n.1 4a. ΚΠ 1713    Eng. Merchant 18–22 Sept. sig. B  				Foreign Goods... Elephants Teeth. Figs. Guinea Grains. 1855    J. Pereira Elem. Materia Medica 		(ed. 4)	 II.  i. lxxiii. 248  				Guinea grains from Acra.—These are somewhat larger, plumper, and more warty than the ordinary sort. 1904    Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 3 374  				The tooth is plugged with a pounded mixture of the root of the lime tree and Guinea grains. 2005    J. Seidemann World Spice Plants 10  				Guinea grains, alligator pepper, grains of paradise, melegueta pepper. < as lemmas | 
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