noun
- Climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam.
- synonyms: common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum
- Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers.
- synonyms: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant
- Pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground.
- synonyms: peppercorn
- Sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum.
verb
- Add pepper to.
- usage: "pepper the soup"
- Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles.
- usage: "pelt the speaker with questions"
- synonyms: pelt
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