pepper

pep-per · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment.

  2. 2.

    A climbing vine that produces peppercorns (Piper nigrum).

  3. 3.

    A sweet or hot vegetable of the nightshade family, with a hollow body and seeds; a capsicum.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To sprinkle or season with pepper; to scatter or dot liberally.

Forms

plural: peppers

Related words

See also: capsicum, seasoning, spice
Synonyms: bell pepper, capsicum

Etymology

From Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippali "long pepper."