guinea grains

English

Alternative forms

• Guinea grains

Etymology

From its native range in West Africa, formerly generally known as Guinea, q.v.

Noun

guinea grains pl (normally plural, singular guinea grain)

1. Synonym of grains of paradise.
   • 1904, Journal of the African Society, number 3, page 374:

     The tooth is plugged with a pounded mixture of the root of the lime tree and Guinea grains.

References

• “Guinea, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900.