Guin'ea-pep'per, n.

n. (Bot.) The seeds of two different plants of the genus Amomum (A. granaparadisi, and A. grandiflorum), found in Africa and the East India islands, having a hot, biting taste, and, being aromatic and stimulant, much used as a condiment; grains of paradise; also, Cayenne pepper. See GRAINS OF PARADISE.