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/ˈpɛpəkɔːn/ · noun
The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed..
A 75 ¢ book must look 40 ¢ better to the distributor and wholesaler, because if one peppercorn of doubt that people will pay 75 ¢ for the book gets thrown into the distribution mill, the books may never leave their cartons […]
Use pepper corn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pepper corn means The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed..
Common synonyms include pepper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A 75 ¢ book must look 40 ¢ better to the distributor and wholesaler, because if one peppercorn of doubt that people will pay 75 ¢ for the book gets thrown into the distribution mill, the books may never leave their cartons […]
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