Piperaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piperaceous \Pip`er*a"ceous\, a. [L. piper pepper.] (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to the order of plants ({Piperace[ae]}) of
     which the pepper ({Piper nigrum}) is the type. There are
     about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical
     plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
     [1913 Webster] Piperazine