guinea : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a port and the capital of Guinea
  Konakri; Conakry.
  

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• noun the capital of Guinea-Bissau
  Bissau.
  

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• noun the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea
  Port Moresby.
  

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• noun a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
  Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
  

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• noun a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
  Guinea; French Guinea.
  

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• noun sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
  Indian millet; Egyptian corn; durra; doura; dourah.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Durra.

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• (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea.

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• one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. Obs. Gay.

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• noun any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
  guinea flower.
  

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• noun a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
  Numida meleagris; guinea.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (N. meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (N. cristata) is a finer species.

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• noun brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry
  red brass.
  
• noun 22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made
  

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• noun any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
  guinea flower.
  

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• noun West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
  melagueta pepper; grains of paradise; Aframomum melegueta; Guinea grains.
  

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• (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum.

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• (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass (Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States.

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• noun flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens)
  
• noun female guinea fowl
  

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• . See under Peach.

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• noun West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
  melagueta pepper; grains of paradise; Aframomum melegueta; Guinea grains.
  
• noun tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
  negro pepper; Xylopia aethiopica.
  

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• (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum.

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• noun a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
  case; subject.
  
  • the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
  • the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
• noun stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research
  Cavia cobaya.
  

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• . Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig. (a) (Zoöl.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. called also cavy used commonly as an experimental animal in laboratory research. (c). metaphorically, any animal or person used in an experiment; often applied to people who are unwillingly or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm. (b) A contemptuous sobriquet. Smollett obs in this sense now. .

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• (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.

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• noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
  dracunculiasis; Guinea worm.
  
• noun parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
  Dracunculus medinensis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.

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• noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
  dracunculiasis; Guinea worm.
  

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• noun a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
  Portuguese Guinea; Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Guinea-Bissau
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos
  peso.
  

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• noun Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
  checkered daffodil; snake's head fritillary; Fritillaria meleagris; leper lily.
  

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• (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen.

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• noun a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa
  

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• noun a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
  Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
  

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• noun a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea
  

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• noun a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
  Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
  

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• noun a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
  Portuguese Guinea; Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau.
  

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• noun a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
  Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
  

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• noun a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
  Guinea; French Guinea.
  

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• noun a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
  Portuguese Guinea; Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau.
  

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• noun a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
  Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
  

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