malagueta pepper
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The seeds or seed capsules of the Aframomum melegueta, used as a medicine and spice, especially as a substitute for black pepper and in flavoring alcoholic beverages.
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The Aframomum melegueta itself, a herbaceous perennial plant native to the swamps of the West African coast.
noun
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The seeds or seed capsules of a Caribbean variety of Capsicum frutescens; the plant itself, now extensively grown in Brazil, Portugal, and Mozambique.
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