java pepper

Questions about java pepper

What does java pepper mean?

java pepper means "tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits".

What is another word for java pepper?

Close synonyms include cubeb, cubeb vine, Piper cubeba. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is java pepper a common word?

java pepper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.