1. Noun
A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
2. Noun
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.
3. Noun
Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
4. Verb
To sprinkle or season with pepper.
5. Verb
Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
6. Verb
To fire numerous shots (at).
7. Noun
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
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8. Noun
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
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