Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous usually succulent tropical plants of the genus Peperomia, often grown as houseplants for their ornamental foliage and spikes of small, densely clustered flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of herbaceous plants of the apetalous order Piperaceæ, the pepper family, and the tribe Pipereæ, characterized by the single sessile stigma, and the two stamens with the anther-cells confluent into one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ant bites were soothed with a poultice of peperomia, and ulcers were relieved with the red resin of a plant from the lowlands known as sangre de drago, the blood of the dragon.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Ant bites were soothed with a poultice of peperomia, and ulcers were relieved with the red resin of a plant from the lowlands known as sangre de drago, the blood of the dragon.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Notwithstanding its elevated temperature, it is difficult to believe that the air can dissolve the quantity of water exhaled from the surface of the soil, the foliage of the trees, and their trunks: the latter are covered with a drapery of orchideae, peperomia, and other succulent plants.
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Notwithstanding its elevated temperature, it is difficult to believe that the air can dissolve the quantity of water exhaled from the surface of the soil, the foliage of the trees, and their trunks: the latter are covered with a drapery of orchideae, peperomia, and other succulent plants.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Edenic bliss can be found in the master bathroom, where the mirror is surrounded by peace lily, peperomia and prayer plants.
INHABITAT 2008
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