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black pepper in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
    black pepper 
  2. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
    pepper  common pepper  black pepper  white pepper  Madagascar pepper  Piper nigrum 
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black pepper in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) The seeds (peppercorns) of the plant "Piper nigrum" which is commonly used as a spice. Usually but not always used ground or crushed. Pepper corns also come in forms that produce white pepper and several other varieties.
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