Indian pepper
/ˈɪndɪən ˈpɛpə/Now rare
noun
Any of various capsicum peppers; especially the chilli pepper, a variety of C. annuum.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Lyte (1529–1607), botanist and antiquary. From Indian + pepper, probably originally after Middle French, French poivre d'Inde and early modern Dutch, Dutch Peper Van Indien.
- colourable
- colourable imitation
- colourably
- colour analyser
- colourant
- colourate
- colouration
- colourative
- colour atlas
- colour balance
- colour bar
- colour-blind
- colour blindness
- colourblock
- colourblocked
- colourblocking
- colour book
- colour box
- colour burst
- colour cake
- colour card
- colour cast
- colourcast
- colour cell
- colour change