PIPERINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper

Synonyms:

piperin; piperine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("piperine" is a kind of...):

chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)

Holonyms ("piperine" is a substance of...):

black pepper; common pepper; Madagascar pepper; pepper; Piper nigrum; white pepper (climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam)