Definition of Peppir
Pep"per (?), n. [OE. peper, AS.
pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, akin to Skr.
pippala, pippali.] 1. A well-known,
pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or
powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
&fist; Common, or black, pepper is made from
the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is
made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the
plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a
carminative stimulant.
2. (Bot.) The plant which yields
pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate
leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The
berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout
the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its
fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
&fist; The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper,
esp. to the common varieties of Capsicum. See Capsicum,
and the Phrases, below.
African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under
Guinea. -- Cayenne pepper. See under
Cayenne. -- Chinese pepper, the
spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum piperitum, a species of
prickly ash found in China and Japan. -- Guinea
pepper. See under Guinea, and
Capsicum. -- Jamaica pepper. See
Allspice. -- Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum,
an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of
Piper, or Macropiper, methysticum. See Kava. --
Malaguetta, or Meleguetta,
pepper, the aromatic seeds of the Amomum
Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are
sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of grains of
Paradise. -- Red pepper. See
Capsicum. -- Sweet pepper bush
(Bot.), an American shrub (Clethra alnifolia), with
racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also white
alder. -- Pepper box or
caster, a small box or bottle, with a perforated
lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc. --
Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary. --
Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name
of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and
Peperomia. -- Pepper moth
(Zoöl.), a European moth (Biston betularia)
having white wings covered with small black specks. --
Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of
vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies. --
Pepper root. (Bot.). See
Coralwort. -- pepper sauce, a
condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in
vinegar. -- Pepper tree (Bot.), an
aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris) of the Magnolia family, common
in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under
Mastic.
Pep"per, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Peppered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Peppering.] 1. To sprinkle or season with
pepper.
2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other
missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with
bruises or wounds. "I have peppered two of them." "I am
peppered, I warrant, for this world." Shak.
Pep"per, v. i. To fire numerous
shots (at).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A plant of the family Piperaceae.
- (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of this plant.
- A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
- To add pepper to.
- To strike with something made up of small particles.
- To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things).
After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.
- To add (something) at frequent intervals.
He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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