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# peppercorn

noun (a peppercorn, peppercorns)

«peppercorn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A peppercorn is a small dried berry of the pepper plant; it is ground up to make black or white pepper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#m1)
2. A «peppercorn rent» is a tiny, almost free payment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#m2)

### In the lessons

In cooking, peppercorns are put whole into stews or ground in a pepper mill. In science and geography they are a spice that was once very valuable and traded across the world. Phrases: «whole peppercorns», «crushed peppercorns», «a peppercorn rent».

### Examples

- Dad put a few peppercorns in the soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#x1)
- The pepper mill grinds the peppercorns into black pepper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#x2)
- A peppercorn is about as big as a tiny pea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#x3)
- Long ago, peppercorns were so valuable that people paid with them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#x4)
- Green peppercorns are picked before they are ripe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#x5)
- Biting a whole peppercorn makes your mouth hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/#x6)

### Note

Countable: peppercorn, peppercorns; one word. A peppercorn is not related to the vegetable «pepper» (capsicum, bell pepper), even though they share the name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peppercorn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peppercorn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peppercorn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peppercorn.html) on Mova free.