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Noun

1. 1
   The plant Piper nigrum. uncountable
2. 2
   pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on wordnet
3. 3
   The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form. uncountable
4. 4
   climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam wordnet

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common peppercondimentmadagascar pepperpepperpeppercornpeppers