English > pepper vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper. |
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Synonym | true pepper |
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Member of | Piper, genus Piper | type genus of the Piperaceae |
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Narrower | betel, betel pepper, Piper betel | Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians |
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cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba | Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits |
long pepper, Piper longum | Slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas |
pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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