📚 noun • entry_id 51993
grains of paradise
Meanings (ES + gloss)
granos de Guinea • granos de paraiso • malagueta • pimienta de Guinea • pimienta melegueta
The seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, used as a medicine and spice, especially as a substitute for black pepper and in flavoring alcoholic beverages.
...graynes of paradise, hoote & moyst þey be...
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.
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