Overview of noun pepper

The noun pepper has 4 senses

• pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum -- (climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam)


• capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant -- (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)


• pepper, peppercorn -- (pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground)


• pepper -- (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)

Overview of verb pepper

The verb pepper has 2 senses

• pepper -- (add pepper to; "pepper the soup")


• pepper, pelt -- (attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions")