guinea pepper

English Thesaurus

1. tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus xylopia, xylopia,
definition	:	tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African (noun.plant)

2. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	aframomum, genus aframomum,
definition	:	an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae (noun.plant)