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JAVA PEPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Java pepper mean?
• JAVA PEPPER (noun)
The noun JAVA PEPPER has 1 sense:
1. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
Familiarity information: JAVA PEPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cubeb; cubeb vine; Java pepper; Piper cubeba
Hypernyms ("Java pepper" is a kind of...):
pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)
Meronyms (parts of "Java pepper"):
cubeb (spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes)
Holonyms ("Java pepper" is a member of...):
genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)
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