Pip`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. piper pepper.] Bot.

Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) 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.

 

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