| 单词 | pepper elder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepper elder pepper elder n. any of several tropical American plants of the family Piperaceae; esp. (a) the West Indian shrub Piper amalago, which is used medicinally and as a substitute for pepper; (b) a plant of the genus Peperomia (cf. Peperomia n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > peppercorn plant > plant yielding pepper substitute pepper tree1745 pepper elder1774 pepperina1930 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. viii. 721 This plant [small-grained Black-pepper] has generally been confounded with the pepper-elder, whose leaves have seven veins..and which grows more luxuriantly. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Pepper~elder, a species of the pepper tribe,..abundant in Jamaica, the aromatic seeds of which afford a good substitute for the black pepper of the East Indies. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) Peperomia (Pepper-Elder)... Stove herbaceous perennials; creeping & erect, orn. foliage. 1981 E. S. Ayensu Medicinal Plants W. Indies 148 Piper amalgo L. joint wood, pepper elder... Uses: Stem and leaves: decoction for flatulence, tonic for blood. < as lemmas |
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