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noun
Any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: watermelon begonia, Peperomia argyreia, Peperomia sandersii
History
Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).
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