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- Pepper - n. - A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
- Pepper - n. - The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
- Pepper - n. - Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
- Pepper - v. t. - To sprinkle or season with pepper.
- Pepper - v. t. - Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
- Pepper - v. i. - To fire numerous shots (at).
- Pepper dulse - - A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency.
- Pepperbrand - n. - See 1st Bunt.
- Peppercorn - n. - A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).
- Peppercorn - n. - Anything insignificant; a particle.
- Peppered - imp. & p. p. - of Pepper
- Pepperer - n. - A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.
- Peppergrass - n. - Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.
- Peppergrass - n. - The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort.
- Pepperidge - n. - A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo.
- Peppering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Pepper
- Peppering - a. - Hot; pungent; peppery.
- Peppermint - n. - An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.
- Peppermint - n. - A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.
- Peppermint - n. - A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
- Pepperwort - n. - See Peppergrass.
- Peppery - a. - Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
- Peppery - a. - Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.
- Cubeb - n. - The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.
- Piperine - n. - A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.
- Lakeweed - n. - The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.
- Bite - v. t. - To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.
- Bag - n. - A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
- Methysticin - n. - A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.
- Yellowseed - n. - A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).
- Coralwort - n. - A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.
- Robbin - n. - A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
- Betel - n. - A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.
- Capsicum - n. - A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.
- Gray - superl. - White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
- Peppercorn - n. - A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).
- Condiment - n. - Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.
- Bell pepper - - A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.
- Piperaceous - a. - Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
- Cassareep - n. - A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.
- Bite - v. i. - To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.