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PEPPERCORN

• PEPPERCORN (noun)
The noun PEPPERCORN has 1 sense:

1. pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

Familiarity information: PEPPERCORN used as a noun is very rare.

• PEPPERCORN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

peppercorn; pepper

Hypernyms ("peppercorn" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peppercorn"):

black pepper (pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on)

white pepper (pepper ground from husked peppercorns)

Holonyms ("peppercorn" is a part of...):

black pepper; common pepper; Madagascar pepper; pepper; Piper nigrum; white pepper (climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam)

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Pronunciation of black pepper
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