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black pepper

[¦blak ′pep·ər]
(food engineering)
A spice; the dried unripe berries of Piper nigrum, a vine of the pepper family (Piperaceae) in the order Piperales.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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