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, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum |
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Member of | Piper, genus Piper | type genus of the Piperaceae |
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Parts | pepper, peppercorn | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India |
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Broader | true pepper, pepper vine | Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
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Substances | piperin, piperine | derived from pepper (especially black pepper) |
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Catalan | Piper nigrum |
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