long pepper

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NounEdit

long pepper (plural long peppers)

1. The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

SynonymsEdit

• Indian long pepper
• Javan long pepper
• Indonesian long pepper

Derived termsEdit

• Balinese long pepper
• Javanese long pepper

TranslationsEdit

a flowering vine

• Sanskrit: पिप्पलि (sa) f (pippali)

Further readingEdit

• long pepper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia