英语词汇“Guinea pepper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Guinea pepper

释义

Guinea pepper
a. An early name for Cayenne pepper.
b. (See quot. 1839.)
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. lxvi. 293 Guinie pepper hath the taste of pepper, but not the power or vertue.1620Melton Astrolog. 40 Hee flung Ginny-Pepper in the Hangmans eyes as he came to put the noose ouer his necke.1626Bacon Sylva §922 It hath beene a Practice to burne a Pepper, they call Ginny-Pepper; Which hath such a strong Spirit, that it prouoketh a Continuall Sneezing, in those that are in the Roome.1678Butler Hud. iii. i. 320 And choak with Fumes of Guiny-Pepper.1705W. Bosman Guinea 305 Guinea Pepper..grows on Shrubs in red Shells or Husks.1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. 202 Capsicum or Guinea Pepper, is also of this lurid order.1832Veg. Subst. Food 313 The Guinea Pepper..introduced into England, from India, so early as 1548.1839Penny Cycl. XI. 480/2 Guinea pepper, the seeds of two species of Amomum, found on the west coast of Africa, within the tropics; the one Amomum grana Paradisi, the other, Amomum grandiflorum. They are powerfully aromatic, stimulant, and cordial.

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