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Guinea pepper

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Guinea pepper
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a variety of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, from which cayenne pepper is obtained
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Noun1.Guinea pepper - West African plant bearing pungent peppery seedsGuinea pepper - West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
Aframomum melegueta, grains of paradise, Guinea grains, melagueta pepper
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Aframomum, genus Aframomum - an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
2.Guinea pepper - tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica
genus Xylopia, Xylopia - tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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Capsicum also known as cayenne pepper has been known to the natives of the tropical Americas for thousands of years It was first introduced to Europe by Christopher Columbus as Guinea Pepper and was originally used by Native Americans that were located south of the Mexican boarder as early as 700 B Capsicum also known as cayenne pepper has been known to the natives of the tropical Americas for thousands of years.
History of Capsicum (Cayenne Pepper) by Darrell Miller / Food/cooking/nutrition community
These forbid the use of any supplements in beer making including adding nux vomica, grains of paradise, Guinea pepper or opium.
FINE FOODS; FOOD & DRINK by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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