True Pepper (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The piper methysticum is a species of flowering plant in the true pepper family Piperaceae.
- Fresh market supplies of true pepper are obtained from the piper nigra native to India and Southeast Asia.
- There are various types of true pepper, but as to their numbers it is difficult to make precise estimates.
- Native to tropical regions of Central and South America, this true pepper is the source of cubeb pepper.
- Today true pepper is traded internationally with Vietnam the largest grower and exporter accounting for about one-third of world production.