Long pepper
Long pepper (Piper longum), sometimes called Indian Long Pepper, is a
flowering vine in the family
Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a
spice and
seasoning. Long pepper is a close relative of the
black pepper plant, and has a similar, though generally hotter, taste. The word pepper itself is derived from the
Sanskrit word for long pepper, pippali. The fruit of the pepper consists of many minuscule fruits — each about the size of a
poppy seed — embedded in the surface of a flower spike; it closely resembles a
hazel tree catkin. Another species of long pepper, Piper retrofractum, is native to
Java.
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long pepper
Noun
1. slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
(synonym) Piper longum
(hypernym) true pepper, pepper vine
(member-holonym) Piper, genus Piper
2. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
(synonym) cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum
(hypernym) capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant
(member-holonym) genus Capsicum
(substance-meronym) cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper
(part-meronym) chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, chile