Definitions for peppercorn
ˈpɛp ərˌkɔrnpep·per·corn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pepper, peppercornnoun

   pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peppercornnoun

   the seeds of the plant Piper nigrum. Commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.

2. peppercornnoun

   a small, insignificant quantity, as in peppercorn rent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peppercornnoun

   Any thing of inconsiderable value.

   Etymology: pepper and corn.

   Our performances, though dues, are like those peppercorns which freeholders pay their landlord to acknowledge that they hold all from him. Boyle.

   Folks from mud-wall’d tenement
   Bring landlords peppercorn for rent. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peppercorn

   Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter (fresh and fully mature), dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit), or white pepper (ripe fruit seeds).Black pepper is native to the Malabar Coast of India, and the Malabar pepper is extensively cultivated there and in other tropical regions. Ground, dried, and cooked peppercorns have been used since antiquity, both for flavour and as a traditional medicine. Black pepper is the world's most traded spice, and is one of the most common spices added to cuisines around the world. Its spiciness is due to the chemical compound piperine, which is a different kind of spicy from the capsaicin characteristic of chili peppers. It is ubiquitous in the Western world as a seasoning, and is often paired with salt and available on dining tables in shakers or mills.

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1. peppercorn

   A peppercorn is the dried berry of a climbing vine, Piper nigrum, native to India and Indonesia, known for its pungent flavor and used as a spice. The plant's fruit, when dried, can be one of three colors: black, white, or green, all obtained at different stages of the fruit's maturity. Peppercorns are commonly used in cooking to season food.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peppercornnoun

   a dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum)

2. Peppercornnoun

   anything insignificant; a particle

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peppercorn

   A peppercorn in legal parlance is a metaphor for a very small payment, a nominal consideration, used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract. "A peppercorn does not cease to be good consideration if it is established that the promisee does not like pepper and will throw away the corn", says Chappell v Nestlé. As an example of literal usage, a peppercorn has been used for almost 200 years as consideration for leasing a particular meeting house in Bermuda.

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1. • Seasoning

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of peppercorn in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of peppercorn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of peppercorn in a Sentence

1. Ruth Patterson:

   I would say there is no harm in trying it in terms of seeing if Jeffrey Peppercorn sleep better and feel better in terms of metabolic health, but I don’t think I ’d say it will help with Jeffrey Peppercorn breast cancer recurrence risk.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=peppercorn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Peppercorn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=peppercorn
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppercorn
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peppercorn
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=peppercorn
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=peppercorn