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black pepper

–noun
a hot, sharp condiment prepared from the dried berries of a tropical vine, Piper nigrum.
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black pepper  
n.  The small, dark, unripe fruit of the pepper plant (Piper nigrum), used whole or ground as a pungent spice.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: black pepper
Function: noun
: a condiment that consists of the fruit of an East Indian plant of the genus Piper (P. nigrum) ground with theblack husk still on
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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