Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The pungent aromatic seeds of a tropical African plant (Aframomum melegueta) used medicinally and for flavoring beverages.
- n. The seeds of cardamom.
Wiktionary
- n. The seeds of a plant (Aframomum melegueta) in the ginger family native to West Africa used as a spice.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the seeds of a species of amomum.
- n. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper.
WordNet 3.0
- n. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
Etymologies
- From medieval spice traders claiming that the spice grew only in Eden, in order to inflate prices. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Burned sugar (caramel) is added to give color; cocculus, indicus to supply an intoxicating agent which will give an appearance of strength to the beer; quassia, to impart bitterness in place of hops; grains of paradise and cayenne pepper, to communicate pungency; coriander and caraway seeds, to yield flavor; liquorice, treacle, and honey to supply color and consistence.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘grains of paradise’.
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Spices: How Exotic!
That extra something that makes the dish pop.
white pepper, wasabi, vanilla, turmeric, tonka bean, tamarind, sumac, star anise, St. John's bread, Sichuan pepper, sesame seed, sassafras and 70 more...
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Whatever you rolled in, it sure smell...
aka words having to do with scent
oude, sillage, vanilla, chypre, mephitic, noisome, opoponax, patchouli, cardamom, grains of paradise, rice flower, chamomile and 67 more...
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