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peperomia

peperomia noun: any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.

Noun

peperomia (plural peperomias)

  1. Any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.

Forms of peperomia

pluralpeperomias

Origin of peperomia

Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).

Questions about peperomia

What does peperomia mean?
Peperomia means any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.
What part of speech is peperomia?
Peperomia is a noun.
What is the plural of peperomia?
The plural of peperomia is peperomias.

Words near peperomia in the dictionary

  1. peperino
  2. peperinos
  3. peperite
  4. pepernoot
  5. pepernoots
  6. peperomia
  7. peperomias
  8. peperoncini
  9. peperoncino
  10. Pepers
  11. Pepes

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