Etymology : Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi
Pronunciation : 'pe-p&r
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. type of vegetable. season with pepper; add pepper. pepper\pep"per\ , n. [oe. peper, as. pipor, l. piper, fr. gr. , , akin to skr. pippala, pippali.].
2. a well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the piper nigrum.note: common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. it has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
3. (bot.) the plant which yields pepper, an east indian woody climber (piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. the berries are red when ripe. also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
4. any plant of the genus capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.note: the term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of capsicum. see:
capsicum, and the phrases, below.
5. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
6. The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber , with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves.
7. The berries are red when ripe.
8. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
9. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
10. To sprinkle or season with pepper.
11. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
12. To fire numerous shots . sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground climber having dark red berries when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" add pepper to; "pepper the soup".
13. 1. Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food. Season with salt and pepper. freshly ground black pepper.
14. A pepper, or in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
15. If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it. He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel.
16. If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it. While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases Yachts peppered the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay. or garden pepper Any of many plants in the genus Capsicum of the nightshade family, notably C. annuum, C. frutescens, and C. boccatum, native to Central and South America and cultivated extensively throughout tropical Asia and the equatorial New World for their edible, pungent fruits. Red, green, and yellow mild bell or sweet peppers, rich in vitamins A and C, are used in seasoning and as a vegetable food. The pungency of hot peppers, including tabasco, chili, and cayenne peppers, comes from the compound capsaicin in the internal partitions of the fruit. The spice black pepper comes from an unrelated plant. garden pepper black pepper Pepper Claude Denson.
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