Definition of Guinea grains

1. Noun. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinea Grains

Guido
Guidos
Guienne
Guildford
Guilin
Guillain-Barre reflex
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guine-Bissau
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau monetary unit
Guinea-Bissau peso
Guinea corn
Guinea grains
Guinea pepper
Guinea worm
Guinea worm disease
Guinean
Guinean franc
Guinean monetary unit
Guineans
Guinevere
Guinness
Guinnesses
Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
Guiseppe Guarneri
Guiyang
Guizhou

Literary usage of Guinea grains

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The West India Colonies: The Calumnies and Misrepresentations Circulated by James MacQueen (1824)
"Ranger, \ 1 casks guinea grains, 21 casks 2 casks bark, 30 legers, 19 pipes 28 puncheons 4 casks palm oil, and 428 elephant's teeth. ..."

2. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"... for want of the requisite data, solved the doubts as to which one or more species of Amomum furnish the hot, acrid seeds now imported as guinea grains. ..."

3. Rules and Regulations of the African Institution.: Formed on the 14th April by African Institution (London, England) (1807)
"... a much larger quantity might be imported were the duties le«; particularly guinea grains, and Palm Oil. The duty on the former amounts to a prohibition. ..."

4. Ellis's British Tariff for by Robert Ellis (1839)
"GRAINS, viz., guinea grains, the Ib .... Extract or Preparation of. ... No abatement of the duty on guinea grains to be made on account of damage.—See p. ..."

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