noun
type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
• Syn: ↑Piper
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piperaceae, ↑family Piperaceae, ↑pepper family
• Member Meronyms:
↑true pepper, ↑pepper vine, ↑pepper, ↑common pepper, ↑black pepper, ↑white pepper, ↑Madagascar pepper, ↑Piper nigrum, ↑long pepper, ↑Piper longum, ↑betel, ↑betel pepper, ↑Piper betel, ↑cubeb, ↑cubeb vine, ↑Java pepper, ↑Piper cubeba
Useful english dictionary. 2012.