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单词 peppercorn
释义 pep·per·corn
I. \ˈpepərˌkȯrn, -pəˌkȯ(ə)n\ noun
Etymology: Middle English pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn, from pipor pepper + corn — more at corn
1. : a dried berry of the black pepper
2. : a trifling return by way of acknowledgment — compare peppercorn rent
II. adjective
1. : consisting of a peppercorn : trivial
2. of hair : woolly and closely spiraled into twisted clumps or knots
 < the peppercorn hair of the Hottentots >
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