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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper [syn: piperin, piperine]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from French pipérine, from Latin piper pepper Date: 1820 a white crystalline alkaloid C₁₇H₁₉NO₃ that is the chief active constituent of pepper

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Piperine Pip"er*ine, n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin, piperine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.