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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton. [1913 Webster] {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}. {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] --Gay. {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zool.), 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. {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See {Amomum}. {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}. {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica}, a tree of the order {Anonace[ae]}, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper aethiopicum}. {Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[ae]}, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}. {Guinea worm} (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: guinea n 1: a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings 2: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent [syn: {wop}, {dago}, {ginzo}, {Guinea}, {greaseball}] 3: a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 [syn: {Guinea}, {Republic of Guinea}, {French Guinea}] 4: a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world [syn: {guinea fowl}, {guinea}, {Numida meleagris}] From Italian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-ita-eng]: Guinea Guinea From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Guinea /giːneːa/ Guinea (gn) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: Guinea /xəʏnəa/ Guinea