Peppercorn
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The original meaning of peppercorn is the fruit of black pepper
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Steam locomotive classes named after Arthur Peppercorn:
Black pepper
Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is approximately in diameter, dark red when fully mature, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed...
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It may also refer to:
- Peppercorn (legal)Peppercorn (legal)A peppercorn in legal parlance is a metaphor for a very small payment, a nominal consideration, used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract. "A peppercorn does not cease to be good consideration if it is established that the promisee does not like pepper and will throw...
, a very small payment used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract
Other plants:
- Peppercorn tree
- Sichuan peppercorn
People:
- Arthur PeppercornArthur PeppercornArthur Henry Peppercorn, OBE was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway.- Career :...
(1889–1951), English mechanical engineer - Arthur Douglas PeppercornArthur Douglas PeppercornArthur Douglas Peppercorn was a London-born landscape painter who has been likened to Corot. He was one of a group who held annual exhibitions at the gallery of the Royal Watercolour Society. He died in 1926 in Ashtead, Surrey...
(1847–1926), English landscape painter - David PeppercornDavid PeppercornDavid Peppercorn is a British Master of Wine, French wine importer and author, known for his books about the wines of Bordeaux and long experience in his field, having collected tasting notes since the late 1950s. He is married to fellow MW and wine writer Serena Sutcliffe. They were the first...
(born 1931), British Master of Wine and author - Peppercorn (artist), British singer and songwriter
Steam locomotive classes named after Arthur Peppercorn:
- LNER Peppercorn Class A1LNER Peppercorn Class A1The London and North Eastern Railway Peppercorn Class A1 is a type of express passenger steam locomotive. Forty-nine original Peppercorn Class A1s were built to the design of Arthur Peppercorn during the early British Railways era, but all were scrapped with the discontinuation of steam,...
- LNER Peppercorn Class A2LNER Peppercorn Class A2The London and North Eastern Railway Peppercorn Class A2 is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work by Arthur Peppercorn, the chief designer of the LNER after Edward Thompson...