Search Result:pepper
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋpєpZ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊpepә 〕
Overview of noun pepper
The noun pepper has 4 senses
- pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum -- (climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam)
- capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant -- (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
- pepper, peppercorn -- (pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground)
- pepper -- (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)
Overview of verb pepper
The verb pepper has 2 senses
- pepper -- (add pepper to; "pepper the soup")
- pepper, pelt -- (attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions")