Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piper nigrum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: piper n-i-grum
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Synonyms

pepper common pepper black pepper white pepper Madagascar pepper

Questions

What does piper nigrum mean?: climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

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