noun
tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
• Syn: ↑Piperaceae, ↑family Piperaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piperales, ↑order Piperales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Piper, ↑genus Piper, ↑genus Peperomia
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the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
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pepper family,
a group of dicotyledonous aromatic or pungent herbs and shrubs found chiefly in tropical regions. The family includes the pepper and cubeb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.