pepper

v. season with pepper; add pepper

n. type of vegetable (green, red, purple or yellow); seasoning comprising of ground dried berries of a tropical climbing plant

Pepper may refer to: Plants The Piper genus, in the Piperaceae family, including:Black pepper and white pepper, Piper nigrum Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepperLong pepper, Piper longumThe Capsicum genus, including:Bell pepper, often referred to in the UK and Canada as simply "peppers"Chili pepperDatil pepperAnd also:Brazilian pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius, a tree producing "pink peppercorns"they are very spicy.Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitumTasmannia or Mountain pepper, Tasmannia lanceolataUkrainian Red Midget, Puniceus minimum, pusillus, a.k.a. Ukrainian Mean Pepper or, disputably, Thai HotPepperwood, Zanthoxylum clava-herculisPepper tree
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
(synonym) common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum
(hypernym) true pepper, pepper vine
(member-holonym) Piper, genus Piper
(substance-meronym) piperin, piperine
(part-meronym) peppercorn
2. any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
(synonym) capsicum, capsicum pepper plant
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) cone pepper, Capsicum annuum conoides
(member-holonym) genus Capsicum
(substance-meronym) capsaicin
3. pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
(synonym) peppercorn
(hypernym) flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
(hyponym) black pepper
(part-holonym) common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum
4. sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
(hypernym) solanaceous vegetable
(hyponym) sweet pepper
(part-holonym) capsicum, capsicum pepper plant
Verb
1. add pepper to; "pepper the soup"
(hypernym) zest, spice, spice up
(derivation) peppercorn
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"
(synonym) pelt
(hypernym) attack, assail
(entail) throw

(v. t.)
To sprinkle or season with pepper.
  

(v. t.)
Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
  

(v. i.)
To fire numerous shots (at).
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  

(n.)
A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
  

<language> A variant of POP-11 by Chris Dollin kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com.
(2002-05-26)