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Noun: negro pepper
  1. Tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
    "Negro pepper seeds are traditionally used to flavour soups";
    - Guinea pepper, Xylopia aethiopica

Derived forms: negro peppers

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Xylopia, Xylopia

Encyclopedia: Negro pepper