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noun. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.

noun. The sum of one pound and one shilling.

noun. Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

noun. An Italian.

noun. An English gold coin, of the value of 21 shillings, first issued by Charles II. in 1663, and by his successors till 1813, since which year it has not been coined.

noun. A money of account, of the value of 21 shillings, still often used in English reckonings.

noun. A guinea-fowl.

noun. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.

noun. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.

noun. See Durra.

noun. a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea.

noun. one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas.

noun. an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (Numida 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 (Numida cristata) is a finer species.

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noun. grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum.

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

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

noun. See under Peach.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A person of Italian descent.

noun. A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings and originally made from gold imported from Africa; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

noun. A ground-foraging bird of Africa, of the family Numididea. Domesticated strains include Pearl, White, Buff, Blue, Purple and Lavender. Also called guinea fowl.

noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent

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

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

noun. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings