pep|per|corn

pep|per|corn
pep|per|corn «PEHP uhr KRN», noun.
1. one of the dried berries or fruits that are ground up to make pepper.
2. a) such a berry or fruit paid as a nominal rent: »

Manhattan's first art museum building…was a neoclassic, circular structure, a few steps from City Hall, on ground rented from the city for one peppercorn a year (Time).

 b) Figurative. a small tribute or nominal token.
3. a small, tight knob of curled hair, characteristic of Bushmen and Hottentots.
╂[Old English piporcorn < pipor pepper + corn corn, in sense of “seed, fruit”]

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