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piperine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun piperine has 1 sense
- piperine(n = noun.substance) piperin - derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper; Array is a kind of chemical irritant
CIDE DICTIONARY
piperine, n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin, piperine.].
A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum ) and other species. [1913 Webster]
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