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Webster 1913 Edition
Piperaceous
Pipˊer-a′ceous
,Adj.
[L.
piper
pepper.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the order of plants (
Piperaceæ
) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum
) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities. Definition 2024
piperaceous
piperaceous
English
Adjective
piperaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Of or pertaining to the order of plants, Piperaceae, of which the pepper is the type.