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	capsicum - definition by dict.die.net
		Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
		Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
		capsa box, chest.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.
	dict.die.net /capsicum

	Piper Seneca
		Piper is a genus of plants containing the common table seasoning black pepper and themedicinal plant kava kava.
		Piper is also a girl's given name, a surname of Scottish origin, and the title of one who plays the bagpipes.
		Piper is also a name of a Swedish noble family.
	www.altvetmed.com /face/6710-piper-seneca.html

	info: Piper
		Piper is an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae that includes about 1,000 â“ 2,000 species of shrubs, herbs, and lianas, many of which are keystone species in their native habitat, while others are a major invasive species in areas where they are introduced.
		Piper species have a pantropical distribution, and are most commonly found in the understory of lowland tropical rainforests, but can also occur in clearings and in higher elevation life zones such as cloud forests; one species (P.
		Piper Seeking Loan Move (Sunderland MAD)Matt Piper has revealed that he could be set for a loan move in a bid to step up his rehabilitation from a long-term ankle injury.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Piper.html (1074 words)

	piper
		Piper is a genus of plants containing the common table seasoning black pepper and the medicinal plant kava kava.
		Piper is also a common nickname for The New Piper Aircraft company.
		Piper's Notes - from the Friends of John Bunyan
	www.fact-library.com /piper.html (53 words)

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	www.census.gov /foreign-trade/priv-out/alpha.txt (53 words)

	definition of areca
		A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
		Areca, Betel, Genus, In, India, Is, Leaf, Lime, Nut, One, Or, Piper, Species, Which
		And, Areca, Betel, Chewed, Genus, In, India, Is, Leaf, Lime, Nut, Of, One, Or, Palms, Piper, Produces, Species, The, Which, With
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/ar/areca132129.html (108 words)

	Pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black pepper and white pepper, Piper nigrum, in the Piperaceae family and Piper genus
		Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepper
		Brazilian pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius, a tree producing "pink peppercorns"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pepper (122 words)

	Piperaceae -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		(Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs) Piper
		The Piperaceae is a (A living organism lacking the power of locomotion) plant family which includes more than 2000 species divided into eight genera.
		They are (Click link for more info and facts about woody) woody shrubs or small trees from tropical areas, part of the (Sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum) pepper family.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/piperaceae.htm (233 words)

	Organization for Tropical Studies - Education Program
		Pheidole bicornis live in hollow petioles of the Piper cenocladum plants and defend the plants against herbivorous caterpillars in the genus Eois (in the 'inchworm' family Geometridae).
		Pheidole ant colonies are also preyed upon by the clerid beetle Tarsobaenus letourneau, which causes trophic cascades, leading to elevated caterpillar densities and increased herbivory on Piper cenocladum plants.
		Finally, in the absence of ant defenders, Piper cenocladum produces amide chemical defenses that also provide protection from the Eois caterpillars.
	www.ots.duke.edu /en/education/reu_bmatlock.shtml (745 words)

	Define Amomum Melegueta : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com)
		Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
		Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
		Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger family.
	www.indictionary.com /define/Amomum_Melegueta (745 words)

	Pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black pepper and white pepper, piper nigrum, in the Piperaceae family and Piper genus
		Look up pepper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
		This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pepper (135 words)

	Piper Terms and Definitions at www.MedicalGlossary.org
		Piper betle - A plant genus of the family PIPERACEAE that is indigenous in the Indian Malay region and cultivated in Madagascar, and the West Indies.
		A plant genus of the family PIPERACEAE that includes species used for spicy and stimulating qualities.
		Piper nigrum - A plant species in the PIPERACEAE plant family.
	www.medicalglossary.org /piperaceae_piper_definitions.html (314 words)

	Peperomia obtusifolia : baby rubber plant
		[See Page for Genus Peperomia] [List All Plants in this Genus]
		Synonyms: Peperomia floridana; Piper obtusifolium; Rhynchophorum floridanum; Rhynchophorum obtusifolium
		Pinch back, make sure soil is aerated well
	www.hortiplex.com /plants/p1/gw1029473.html (44 words)

	W3Dictionary.com - Online Dictionary - Definition of GUINEA
		{Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo["o]l.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the pheasants.
		They are also sold under the name of {Piper [AE]thiopicum}.
		The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings.
	www.w3dictionary.com /guinea (454 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine Book of Days July 22 Pied Piper Feast day of St Mary Magdalene William Spooner spoonerism Güyük Khan Carpini Peter the Wild Boy Feral children
		The wild man, Homo ferus, does not fit into any definitive category in eighteenth-century thought: for some he is a separate genus of mankind or a monster; for others he is a model of uncorrupted nature, an archetypal primitive.
		Just as the illustrators of the Encyclopédie gave delirious dimensions to ordinary objects, Enlightenment writers turned children found in the wild into the basis of zoological taxonomies, tales of sin and redemption, schemas of primitive society, or proof of human degradation.
		Homo ferus: Between Monster and Model; Peter the Wild Boy first appeared on July 22, 1724
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jul22.html (2302 words)

	Digimorph - Carollia perspicillata (short-tailed leaf-nosed bat)
		Carollia is a fruit-eating bat that specializes on fruits of the genus Piper.
		Carollia perspicillata, Seba’s short-tailed bat, is an echolocating bat native to Central and South America.
		The function of the noseleaf is unknown, but scientists suspect that it plays a role in projection of echolocation calls, which are emitted through the nose in some species (including all phyllostomids).
	www.digimorph.org /specimens/Carollia_perspicillata/head (288 words)

	Digimorph - Carollia perspicillata (short-tailed fruit bat)
		Carollia is a fruit-eating bat that specializes on fruits of the genus Piper.
		Carollia perspicillata, Seba’s short-tailed bat, is an echolocating bat native to Central and South America.
		The function of the noseleaf is unknown, but scientists suspect that it plays a role in projection of echolocation calls, which are emitted through the nose in some species (including all phyllostomids).
	www.digimorph.org /specimens/Carollia_perspicillata/whole (270 words)

	The Nation
		ISLAMABAD - In the presence of rampant smuggling, CBR has found a drastic reduction in collection of customs duty and withholding tax on tea dust, blankets and travelling rugs, coconuts, pepper of the genus piper, cloves, starter motors and generators despite scaling down custom tariff during the outgoing fiscal.
		LAHORE - The international soccer activity will return to NWFP's capital Peshawar after 20 years when on June 16, the second test of National Bank Football Cup will be played at the Qayyum Sports Complex (QSC).
		All set for second Pakistan, India football encounter at Peshawar
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/june-2005/14/index.php (352 words)

	Capsicum
		Cultivated since prehistoric times in Peru and Mexico, it was discovered in the Caribbean by Columbus and named a "pepper" because of its similarity with the Old World peppers of the Piper genus.
		Diego Alvarez Chanca, a physician on Columbus' second voyage to the West Indies in 1493, brought the first capsicums to Spain, and first wrote about their medicinal effects in 1494.
		Hot varieties are called chiles (also chilis, chillies, chile peppers and hot peppers) from Nahuatl chilli (there is no etymological relation to Chile, the country, which is named after the Quechua chin "cold", tchili "snow", or chilli "where the land ends").
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/capsicum (352 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine Book of Days July 22 Pied Piper Feast day of St Mary Magdalene William Spooner spoonerism Güyük Khan Carpini Peter the Wild Boy Feral children
		The wild man, Homo ferus, does not fit into any definitive category in eighteenth-century thought: for some he is a separate genus of mankind or a monster; for others he is a model of uncorrupted nature, an archetypal primitive.
		Just as the illustrators of the Encyclopédie gave delirious dimensions to ordinary objects, Enlightenment writers turned children found in the wild into the basis of zoological taxonomies, tales of sin and redemption, schemas of primitive society, or proof of human degradation.
		On the day following the new moon in July, an Esala tree is cut and kap planted as a vow that the perahera will be held.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jul22.html (2206 words)

	Books/Reports - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
		Of more than 3,000 species that occur in Australian waters, these are just the species most likely to be encountered, one or two species of each genus.
		BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, edited by EM Coombs, JK Clark, GL Piper and AF Cofrancesco, Jr.
		This pamphlet, published by the USDA in cooperation with Ducks Unlimited and the Izaak Walton League, describes techniques to create a vernal pond (a seasonal wetland) "that looks and functions like a natural wetland", techniques that have been "used successfully in Kentucky, Ohio and Minnesota."
	aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu /books.html (2206 words)

	Cookbook:Chili Pepper - Wikibooks
		Cultivated since prehistoric times in Peru and Mexico, it was discovered in the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus and named a "pepper" because of its similarity with the Old World peppers of the Piper genus.
		The chili pepper (also spelled chilli and chile) is the fruit of the plant capsicum of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family.
		frutescens appears as chiles de arbol, aji, pequin, tabasco, cayenne, cherry peppers, and others.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Cookbook:Capsicum (2206 words)

	Capsicum frutescens - Definition of Capsicum frutescens - Capsicum frutescens in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net
		Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense});.
		Capsicum frutescens n : plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce [syn: tabasco pepper, hot pepper, tabasco plant}]
		(a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (Capsicum frutescens}) with small and intensely pungent fruit.
	www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/Capsicum+frutescens (2206 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chillies
		The chile peppers and their various cultivars are grown around the world because they are widely used as spices or Peru and Mexico, it was discovered in the Caribbean by Columbus and named a "pepper" because of its similarity with the Old World peppers of the Piper genus.
		The chile pepper (also chili or chilli; from Spanish chile) is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
		The alternative spelling chilli is the least popular of the three, and is used primarily in the UK.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chillies (1019 words)

	Published Manuscripts
		Isolation, synthesis, and evolutionary ecology of Piper amides.
		A model genus for studies of evolution, chemical ecology, and trophic interactions.
		The ecology of tri-trophic interactions in the tropics.
	www.tulane.edu /~ldyer/papers.htm (1019 words)

	Hot and Spicy
		Piperine (Fig 1) is the active component of white and black pepper ( Piper nigrum) and is presumably of use to the plant because of its insecticidal properties (2-4).
		The carbonyl is located further down the chain in piperine, which, like capsaicin, is an amide.
		Capsaicin (pronounced cap-SAY-shin) is the substance responsible for the spiciness associated with members of the genus Capsicum, which includes most of the red and green peppers used in Mexican, South American, Cajun, and some Asian foods.
	colossus.chem.umass.edu /genchem/chem102/Articles/hotspic.htm (1019 words)

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