pepper family

noun

1. the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.

Example Sentences

It is made from the roots of a shrub belonging to the pepper family.

From Project Gutenberg

Piperace (pepper family), so called by the inhabitants of Polynesia, who make an intoxicating drink out of it.

From Project Gutenberg