piperaceous

[pip-uh-rey-shuh s, pahy-puh-]

adjective

belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.

Compare pepper family.

Origin of piperaceous

1665–75; < New Latin Piperace(ae) (Piper the type genus (Latin: pepper) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

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Examples from the Web for piperaceous

Historical Examples of piperaceous

An alkaloid has been obtained from the piperaceous jaborandi by Parodi, and named by him jaborandine.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for piperaceous

piperaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Piperaceae, a family of pungent tropical shrubs and climbing flowering plants: includes pepper, betel, and cubeb

Word Origin for piperaceous

C17: via New Latin from Latin piper pepper

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