Unscramble

p 3 e 1 p 3 p 3 e 1 r 1 c 3 o 1 r 1 n 1

10 letters · 18 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

originInherited from Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper + corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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