peppercorn
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peppercorn
n.
dried berry of black pepper
Black pepper
Black pepper (
Piper nigrum) is a
flowering vine in the family
Piperaceae, cultivated for its
fruit, which is usually dried and used as a
spice and
seasoning. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is approximately in diameter, dark red, and, like all
drupes, contains a single
seed. Peppercorns, and the ground pepper derived from them, may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as
black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit),
green pepper (dried unripe fruit) and
white pepper (ripe fruit seeds).
peppercorn
Noun
1. pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
(synonym) pepper
(hypernym) flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
(hyponym) black pepper
(part-holonym) pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum
peppercorn
n.
zrnko pepře
Peppercorn
(n.)
Anything insignificant; a particle.
(n.)
A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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