Lexic.us

Definition of Java pepper

1. Noun. Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Java Pepper

Literary usage of Java pepper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1823)
"... or java pepper, as a remedy for gonorrhea, being still of a doubtful nature in the minds of many practitioners, while, on the other hand, ..."

2. Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of by John Cameron (1865)
"... value exported—gambier being also received in considerable quantities from Java, pepper from Sumatra, and nutmegs and mace from the Moluccas. ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"Graff analysed black java pepper before and after the decortication in a German spice-mill, together with the by-product. The amount of white pepper ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1794)
"The java pepper is deemed better than any other, except the Malabar. From the kingdom of Bantam and the province of ..."

5. European Settlements in the Far East: China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China by D. Warres Smith (1900)
"Coffee is cultivated, especially in Java, Sumatra, Bali, and Celebes; sugar and tea in Java; pepper is planted for local use and for export, especially in ..."

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