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peperomia

pe·pe·ro·mia

uncommon

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any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage

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Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).

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