1. Pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; used whole or ground
   "He added whole peppers to the brine for pickling";
   - peppercorn
    
2. Sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
   "The chef carefully deseeded the hot peppers before adding them to the salsa"
    
3. Climbing plant having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; from southern India and Sri Lanka, also naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
   "Black pepper vines grew up tall poles in the spice plantation"; "Common pepper vines covered the support poles"; "White pepper vines climbed the tall support poles";
   - common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Piper nigrum
    
4. Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
   "Capsicum fruits range from sweet bell peppers to fiery hot chilli peppers"; "capsicum pepper plant fruits range from sweet bell peppers to fiery hot chilli peppers";
   - capsicum, capsicum pepper plant

1. (cooking) add pepper to
   "pepper the soup"
    
2. Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
   "pepper the speaker with questions";
   - pelt
    
3. Sprinkle, cover or be covered with lots of small similar things
   "After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes"
    
4. Add (something) at frequent intervals
   "He liked to pepper his conversation with long words"

Derived forms: peppering, peppered, peppers

Type of: assail, attack, bush, flavor [US], flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], pepper vine, seasoner, seasoning, shrub, solanaceous vegetable, spice, spice up, true pepper, zest

Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum, genus Piper, Piper

Encyclopedia: Pepper, Robert