Guinea pepper

noun

grain of paradise.

Origin of Guinea pepper

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example sentences from the Web for guinea pepper

  • This is the chilli; the pepper-pods of that name, a species of capsicum; the guinea-pepper.

    Mexico |Charles Reginald Enock

British Dictionary definitions for guinea pepper

Guinea pepper

noun

a variety of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, from which cayenne pepper is obtained