n 1  :  a shrubby tropical wild American pepper (Piper angustifolium) with slender elongated aromatic leaves that are rich in volatile oil, gums, and tannins  2  :  the leaves of the matico used esp. formerly in medicine chiefly as a stimulant and hemostatic .
 
 
 
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