pepper

Synonyms:: Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, common pepper, white pepper

Type of:: pepper vine, true pepper
any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Capsicum annuum conoides, cone pepper
plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental; Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red; Capsicum annuum grossum, bell pepper, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant
plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers; Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, cherry pepper
plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits; Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, bird pepper
plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers; Capsicum frutescens, hot pepper, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant
plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce

Type of:: bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; sweet pepper
large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads; hot pepper
any of various pungent capsicum fruits; bell pepper
large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties; green pepper
a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe; globe pepper
round sweet pepper; pimento, pimiento
fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked; chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency; red pepper, tabasco
very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small

Type of:: solanaceous vegetable
any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon

Types:: black pepper
pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on; white pepper
pepper ground from husked peppercorns

Type of:: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

“pepper the soup”

Type of:: assail, attack
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

DEFINITIONS OF: pepper