peppercorn hair

noun

A hair texture which typically grows in tightly curled tufts, resembling peppercorns, characteristically found among Khoisan peoples.

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Meanings

nounpeppercorn hair (countable and uncountable, plural peppercorn hairs)

plural peppercorn hairs

  1. countableuncountableA hair texture which typically grows in tightly curled tufts, resembling peppercorns, characteristically found among Khoisan peoples.

Origin

From peppercorn + hair.

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