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- New Latin · learned borrowing frompeperomia
- English todaypeperomia
Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.