PIPER LONGUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piper longum mean? 

• PIPER LONGUM (noun)
  The noun PIPER LONGUM has 1 sense:

1. slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas

  Familiarity information: PIPER LONGUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIPER LONGUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

long pepper; Piper longum

Hypernyms ("Piper longum" is a kind of...):

pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Holonyms ("Piper longum" is a member of...):

genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)

 Context examples 

A standardized extract containing the active alkaloid piperine, derived from the fruit of the plant Piper nigrum (black pepper) and/or the plant Piper longum L. (long pepper), with thermogenic properties.

(Piperine Extract (Standardized), NCI Thesaurus)