piper nigrum

Noun
  1. Climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe;
    Southern India and Sri Lanka;
    Naturalized in northern Burma and Assam (synset 113170289)
    is a type of: pepper vine, true pepper - any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
    belongs to: genus piper, piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
    has: pepper, peppercorn - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
    substance holonym: piperin, piperine - derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
    same as: black pepper, common pepper, madagascar pepper, pepper, white pepper

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