[pep-uh-roh-mee-uh] 
| any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage. |
| pep·er·o·mi·a (pěp'ə-rō'mē-ə) n. Any of numerous succulent tropical herbs of the genus Peperomia, having simple, entire, palmately veined leaves and numerous minute, unisexual flowers densely grouped in cylindrical spikes. [New Latin Peperomia, genus name : Greek peperi, pepper; see pepper + Greek homos, same; see homo-.] |
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