NOUN | plant | Piper nigrum, pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe |
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Meaning | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam. | |
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Synonyms | pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper | |
Member of | Piper, genus Piper | type genus of the Piperaceae |
Parts | pepper, peppercorn | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India |
Broader | true pepper, pepper vine | Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
Substances | piperin, piperine | derived from pepper (especially black pepper) |
Catalan | Piper nigrum |
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