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piperine


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piperine  \Pip"er*ine\,  n.  [L.  piper  pepper:  cf  F.  piperin, 
  piperine.]  (Chem.) 
  A  white  crystalline  compound  of  piperidine  and  piperic  acid. 
  It  is  obtained  from  the  black  pepper  ({Piper  nigrum})  and 
  other  species. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  piperine 
  n  :  derived  from  pepper  (especially  black  pepper);  source  of  the 
  hotness  of  black  and  white  pepper  [syn:  {piperin}] 




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