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- noun derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
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The plane [25] trees contain caoutchouc and gum; peppers, [26] ethereal oils, alkaloids, piperin, white resin, and malic acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various
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