peperomia

[From Gr. peperi =pepper.] Bot.: The typical genus of Peperomide. It contains many species from the hotter parts of America, . Many are small creepers on the trunks of trees or wet rocks. Peperomia pellucid a is used as a salad. pěp-er-om-I-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat.peperom (ia); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Bot .: A family of Pipe raceæ (q. v.). *pep-in, *pep-yn, *pyp-yn, s. [Fr. pépin .] A kernel, a pip; a seed of fruit. "Grape dried vnto the pepyn." -Wycliffe: Numbers vi. 4. *pe-pin-ni-er, s . [PEPIN.] A nursery-garden; a garden for raising plants from seeds. "To make a good pepinnier or nource-garden."- P . Holland: Pliny, bk. xvii. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia peple *pe-ple, s . [PEOPLE, 8. ]