long pepper

long pepper

n.1. Either of two shrubs or vines (Piper longum or P. retrofractum) of South and Southeast Asia, cultivated for their spikes of tiny pungent fruit that are used in dried form as a spice.2. The whole or ground fruit of either of these plants.

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[Ultimately a translation of Latin piper longum : piper, pepper + longum, neuter of longus, long.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	long pepper - slender tropical climber of the eastern HimalayasPiper longumgenus Piper, Piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubspepper vine, true pepper - any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
	2.	long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually redCapsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapenochilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungencyred pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicumgenus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot pepperscapsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers