black pepper

black pepper

n. A pungent spice prepared from the pepper plant Piper nigrum, whose small unripe fruit are fermented, dried, and used whole or ground.

black pepper

n (Cookery) a pungent condiment made by grinding the dried unripe berries, together with their black husks, of the pepper plant Piper nigrum

black′ pep′per

n. a hot, sharp condiment prepared from the dried berries of a tropical vine, Piper nigrum.

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Noun	1.	black pepper - climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assamcommon pepper, Madagascar pepper, pepper, Piper nigrum, white pepperpeppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or groundgenus 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 Piperpiperin, piperine - derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
	2.	black pepper - pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks onpeppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

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