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- Dictionarypepper/ˈpɛpə/
noun
- 1. a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food: "season to taste with salt and pepper"
- 2. a capsicum, especially a sweet pepper.
verb
- 1. sprinkle or season (food) with pepper: "I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it"
- 2. cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items: "the script is peppered with four-letter words" Similar
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Sep 23, 2015 · PEPPER definition: 1. a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to…. Learn more.
The meaning of PEPPER is either of two pungent spices that consist of the dried, typically ground fruit of an Indian vine (Piper nigrum). How to use pepper in a sentence.
Sep 23, 2015 · PEPPER meaning: 1. a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae. 2. the dried fruit of this plant, which is ground to produce a sharp hot condiment. See also black pepper, white pepper. 3. any of various other plants of the genus Piper.
Pepper definition: a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.. See examples of PEPPER used in a sentence.
n. 1. a. A perennial climbing vine (Piper nigrum) native to India, widely cultivated for its long slender spikes of small fruit. b. A pungent black or white spice produced from the dried fruit of this plant, used as a condiment. 2. Any of several other plants of the genus Piper, such as cubeb, betel, and kava. 3. a.
Definitions of pepper. noun. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam. synonyms: Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, common pepper, white pepper. see more. noun. any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers.
