black pepper

/blæk ˌpɛpər/

/blæk ˈpɛpə/

Other forms: black peppers

Definitions of black pepper

1. 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, common pepper, pepper, white pepper

   type of:

   pepper vine, true pepper

   any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
2. noun

   pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
   type of:

   pepper, peppercorn

   pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground