malagueta UK /maləˈɡɛtə/US /ˌmɑləˈɡweɪdə/ noun2 •The seeds or seed capsules of a Caribbean variety of Capsicum frutescens; the plant itself, now extensively grown in Brazil, Portugal, and Mozambique.Their seasoning is generally a berry of the Malaguetta, a variety of the Capsicum Gutescens. — 1824 •Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of the West African Aframomum melegueta; the plant itself.In Ginney the fruit that is most rife and common... is named Maniguetta. — 1568 formsmalaguetas