noun
tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
• Syn: ↑Piperaceae, ↑pepper family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piperales, ↑order Piperales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Piper, ↑genus Piper, ↑genus Peperomia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.