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GENUS AFRAMOMUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aframomum mean?
• GENUS AFRAMOMUM (noun)
The noun GENUS AFRAMOMUM has 1 sense:
1. an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS AFRAMOMUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aframomum; genus Aframomum
Hypernyms ("genus Aframomum" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aframomum"):
Aframomum melegueta; grains of paradise; Guinea grains; Guinea pepper; melagueta pepper (West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds)
Holonyms ("genus Aframomum" is a member of...):
family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)
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