Definition of Piperaceae

1. Noun. Tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets.

Exact synonyms: Family Piperaceae, Pepper Family
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Piperales, Piperales
Member holonyms: Genus Piper, Piper, Genus Peperomia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piperaceae

Pinxter
Pinyin
Pioneer Day
Pioneer Days
Piophila casei
Pipa americana
Pipa pipa
Pipel
Pipels
Piper
Piper's forceps
Piper betel
Piper cubeba
Piper longum
Piper nigrum
Piperaceae
Piperales
Pipil
Pipile
Pipilo
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Pipistrellus
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrellus subflavus
Pipola
Pippa
Pipracil
Pipridae
Piptadenia
Piptadenia macrocarpa

Literary usage of Piperaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"BOTANICAL GAZETTE NOVEMBER, 1902 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN piperaceae. DUNCAN S. JOHNSON. (WITH PLATES ix-x) IN an earlier paper on Peperomia I stated ..."

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