| Noun | 1. | genus Peperomia - large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Piperaceae, pepper family, Piperaceae - tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets peperomia - any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage |