Negro pepper see under pepper

Negro spiritual noun

An African-American religious song

pepper /pepˈər/

1. A pungent aromatic condiment consisting of the dried berries of the pepper plant, whole or ground (black pepper), or with the outer parts removed (white pepper)
2. Any plant of the genus Piper, esp P. nigrum, or of the family Piperaceae
3. A plant of the solanaceous genus Capsicum or one of its pods (red pepper, yellow pepper or green pepper; also called sweet pepper)
4. Cayenne (also cayenne pepper)
5. Extended to various similar condiments and the plants producing them

1. To sprinkle or flavour with pepper
2. To sprinkle
3. To pelt with shot, etc
4. To pelt thoroughly
5. To do for

1. To pelt
2. To shower liberally
3. To discharge shot, etc, in showers

peppˈerer noun

1. A grocer (obsolete)
2. Someone who or that which peppers

peppˈeriness noun

peppˈering noun

peppˈery adjective

1. Having the taste or qualities of pepper
2. Pungent
3. Hot, choleric, irritable

pepper-and-saltˈ adjective

1. Mingled black and white
2. (of hair) flecked or streaked with grey

pepper box noun

1. A pepper pot
2. A turret or other object of similar shape

peppˈer-cake noun

A kind of spiced cake or gingerbread

peppˈer-caster or peppˈer-castor noun

A pepper pot

peppˈercorn noun

1. The dried berry of the pepper plant
2. Something of little value

adjective

1. Like a peppercorn (eg the small tight knots in which certain African peoples traditionally wear their hair)
2. Trivial, nominal, as in peppercorn rent

peppˈercorny adjective

peppered moth noun

A geometric moth that is white with black speckles but appears in a dark variety in polluted industrial areas

peppˈer-ginˈgerbread noun (Shakespeare)

Hot-spiced gingerbread

pepper grass noun

1. Any cress of the genus Lepidium
2. Pillwort (genus Pilularia)

peppˈermill noun

A small handmill in which peppercorns are ground

peppˈermint noun

1. An aromatic and pungent species of mint (Mentha piperita)
2. The essence distilled from it
3. A sweet flavoured with it

peppermint cream noun

1. A sweet creamy peppermint-flavoured substance
2. A sweet made of this

peppˈermint-drop noun

A peppermint-flavoured, usu hard, sweet

pepper pot noun

1. A pot or bottle with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper
2. A West Indian dish of cassareep, flesh or dried fish, and vegetables, esp green okra and chillis

peppˈer-shrike noun

A tropical American songbird of the family Vireonidae

pepper spray noun

An aerosol spray containing irritants derived from cayenne pepper, used as a weapon of self-defence

pepper tree noun

An evergreen tree of the genus Schinus, chiefly native to tropical America, often grown for its ornamental appearance

peppˈerwort noun

A cress of the genus Lepidium, esp dittander (L. latifolium)

Jamaica pepper

Allspice

long pepper

The fruit of Piper longum

Negro pepper

The produce of Xylopia (family Anonaceae), also called Ethiopian pepper