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piperaceous

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pip⋅er⋅a⋅ceous

  [pip-uh-rey-shuhs, pahy-puh-]
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–adjective
belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
Compare pepper family.

Origin:
1665–75; < NL Piperace(ae) (Piper the type genus (L: pepper ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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