Definition of Pepper

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Pepper

A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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.

Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.

To sprinkle or season with pepper.

Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.

To fire numerous shots (at).

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Pepper Quotations

When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
Andy Rooney

Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning.
Nellie Bly

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for them to come.
Marc Newson

Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.
Al Stewart

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.
Bryan Miller

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.
Gaylord Perry

Pepper Translations

pepper in Afrikaans is peper
pepper in Danish is peber
pepper in Dutch is peperen
pepper in Finnish is pippuri
pepper in French is poivre, poivrier
pepper in German is Pfeffer
pepper in Italian is pepe
pepper in Latin is piper; piperis
pepper in Norwegian is pepper
pepper in Portuguese is pimenta
pepper in Spanish is pimienta
pepper in Swedish is peppar

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