popogoro kind of pepper plant chewed with betelnuts

Part of Speech n3
    • kind of pepper plant chewed with betelnuts
      • plants
      • Example 4177:
        Eara na tei me rara o kukan o kaku marai: marai suuna, sanlong, bara o marai to dao raara bono popogoro.
        We have three kinds of pepper: indigenous pepper, sanlong and the pepper that is called popogoro.
        Source: Sii 40W 059
      • Example 4178:
        O marai vai o popogoro na purapura pinopino batana tea overe bara tea maa kakukaku naono, o marai bona o puara, evehee eara na naanaha rae.
        The popogoro pepper grows everywhere without care with the coconut palms and other kinds of trees. This pepper is wild, but we use it for chewing betelnuts.
        Source: Sii 40W 060-061

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  • See also:
    • marai pepper plant chewed with betel nut. It is dipped into the lime and chewed