pepper vine

/ˌpɛpər vaɪn/

Other forms: pepper vines

Definitions of pepper vine

1. noun

   any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
   synonyms: true pepper

   types:

   Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, common pepper, pepper, white pepper

   climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

   Piper longum, long pepper

   slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas

   Piper betel, betel, betel pepper

   Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

   Java pepper, Piper cubeba, cubeb, cubeb vine

   tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits

   type of:

   vine

   a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface