PIPERINE


Meaning of PIPERINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpi-pə-ˌrēn ]

noun

Etymology: probably from French pipérine, from Latin piper pepper

Date: 1820

: a white crystalline alkaloid C 17 H 19 NO 3 that is the chief active constituent of pepper

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.