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PIPERINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
Synonyms:
piperin; piperine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("piperine" is a kind of...):
chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)
Holonyms ("piperine" is a substance of...):
black pepper; common pepper; Madagascar pepper; pepper; Piper nigrum; white pepper (climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam)