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单词 peppercorn
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pep•per•corn /ˈpɛpɚˌkɔrn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Plant Biologythe dried berry of the pepper plant.
  2. anything very small or unimportant.

adj. 
  1. Physical Anthropology(of hair) growing in tight spirals.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pep•per•corn  (pep′ər kôrn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologythe berry of the pepper plant, Piper nigrum, dried and used as a condiment, in pickling, etc.
  2. anything very small or insignificant.

adj. 
  1. Physical Anthropology(of hair) growing in tight spirals.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English pepercorn; Old English piporcorn. See pepper, corn1
pep′per•corn′ish, pep′per•corn′y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
peppercorn /ˈpɛpəˌkɔːn/ n
  1. the small dried berry of the pepper plant (Piper nigrum)
  2. something trifling
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