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Peranakan

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Peregrine peach

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A large crimson peach with excellent flavour.

Perfection apple

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An apple raised by John Wallis's father at the orchard in Bluntisham, as a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester.

Perfection pepper

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A true pimento with sweet, smooth, heart-shaped dark green fruit which ripens to red.

pericon

[English] plural pericons

Mexican marigold or tarragon, tasting similar to French tarragon but slightly stronger and more anise-like, is a semi-woody shrubby plant. The leaves are shiny and green. In summer they bear yellow flowers, hence the common name of Mexican marigold. The plant originated in Guatemala and Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. It is quite easy to grow.

Périgord black truffle

[English] plural Périgord black truffles

A good quality truffle

periwinkle

[English] plural periwinkles

Winkle. A tiny sea snail.

permit

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A member of the Jack family which appears in Atlantic waters off the East coast of the United States but not in European waters at all. The fishmonger in Charlottesville described it as an oilyu fish "with no scales" but it is, in fact, kosher.

Pernambuco

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Perpetual Spinach

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Beet. A tough variety of Swiss chard with wide blades and narrow ribs.