PIPERINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does piperine mean? • PIPERINE (noun)
The noun PIPERINE has 1 sense:
1. derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
Familiarity information: PIPERINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIPERINE (noun)
Meaning:
Derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
piperin; piperine
Hypernyms ("piperine" is a kind of...):
chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)
Holonyms ("piperine" is a substance 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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