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piperaceous

piperaceous adjective: of or pertaining to the order of plants, Piperaceae, of which the pepper is the type.

Adjective

piperaceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the order of plants, Piperaceae, of which the pepper is the type.

Origin of piperaceous

Piperaceae + -ous

Questions about piperaceous

What does piperaceous mean?
Piperaceous means of or pertaining to the order of plants, Piperaceae, of which the pepper is the type.
What part of speech is piperaceous?
Piperaceous is an adjective.

Words near piperaceous in the dictionary

  1. pipenzolate
  2. pipequaline
  3. piper
  4. piper gurnard
  5. piper gurnards
  6. piperaceous
  7. piperacetazine
  8. piperacillin
  9. piperack
  10. piperade
  11. piperades

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