Piperic

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

  Piperic \Pi*per"ic\ (p[-i]*p[e^]r"[i^]k), a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex
     organic acid found in the products of different members of
     the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline
     substance.
     [1913 Webster]