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pepper British & World English

a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food

peppered in pepper British & World English

sprinkle or season (food) with pepper

bell pepper British & World English

North American term for sweet pepper.

bird pepper British & World English

a tropical American capsicum pepper which is thought to be the ancestor of both sweet and chilli peppers

hot pepper British & World English

any of several varieties of pungent pepper used dried or chopped as a condiment

pepper mill British & World English

a device for grinding peppercorns by hand to make pepper

pepper pot British & World English

a container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper

pepper tree British & World English

any of a number of shrubs or trees which have aromatic leaves or fruit with a pepper-like smell, in particular:

pepper vine British & World English

a bushy vine of the grape family, originally cultivated but now established in much of the southeastern US. It bears blackish fruits sought after by wildlife

red pepper British & World English

the ripe red fruit of a sweet pepper

wall pepper British & World English

the yellow stonecrop (plant)

black pepper British & World English

the dried black berries of the pepper, harvested while still unripe and used either whole or ground as a spice and condiment

green pepper British & World English

the mild-flavoured unripe fruit of a sweet pepper, which may be eaten raw or cooked

pepper dulse British & World English

a dark red seaweed with branching fronds, growing on rocks

pepper-shrike British & World English

a tropical American songbird with mainly green and yellow plumage and a heavy bill like that of a shrike

pepper spray British & World English

an aerosol spray containing oils derived from cayenne pepper, irritant to the eyes and respiratory passages and used as a disabling weapon

sweet pepper British & World English

a large green, yellow, orange, or red variety of capsicum which has a mild or sweet flavour and is often eaten raw

water pepper British & World English

a widely distributed plant of the dock family which grows in wet ground, with peppery-tasting leaves and sap which is a skin irritant

white pepper British & World English

the husked ripe or unripe berries of the pepper (see pepper1noun1noun1noun), typically ground and used as a condiment

yellow pepper British & World English

a yellow variety of the sweet pepper

Jamaica pepper British & World English

another term for allspice111 and allspice222.

pepper-and-salt British & World English

flecked or speckled with intermingled dark and light shades

salt-and-pepper British & World English

another way of saying pepper-and-salt.

pepper shaker in pepper pot British & World English

a container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper

chilli (also chilli pepper, chile or chili) British & World English

a small hot-tasting pod of a variety of capsicum, used in sauces, relishes, and spice powders. There are various forms with pods of differing size, colour, and strength of flavour

cayenne pepper in cayenne (also cayenne pepper) British & World English

a pungent hot-tasting red powder prepared from ground dried chilli peppers

chilli pepper in chilli (also chilli pepper, chile or chili) British & World English

a small hot-tasting pod of a variety of capsicum, used in sauces, relishes, and spice powders. There are various forms with pods of differing size, colour, and strength of flavour

jalapeño pepper in jalapeño (also jalapeño pepper) British & World English

a very hot green chilli pepper, used especially in Mexican-style cooking

water pepper in pepper British & World English

used in names of other plants which are related or similar to the pepper, e.g. Jamaica pepper, water pepper

pepper-shrike in shrike British & World English

used in names of birds of other families that are similar to the shrike, e.g. cuckoo-shrike, pepper-shrike

bird's-eye pepper in bird's-eye British & World English

a small very hot chilli pepper

Jamaica pepper in pepper British & World English

used in names of other plants which are related or similar to the pepper, e.g. Jamaica pepper, water pepper

Scotch bonnet British & World English

a small chilli pepper which is the hottest variety available

pepper English-French

poivre m

pepper English-German

Pfeffer

pepper1 English-Spanish

pimienta

pepper mill English-German

Pfeffermühle

pepper pot English-German

Pfefferstreuer

red pepper English-German

rote Paprika[schote]

pepper mill English-Italian

macinapepe m inv

red pepper English-Italian

peperone m rosso

bell pepper English-Spanish

→ capsicum

hot pepper English-Spanish

pimiento, ají, chile

red pepper English-Spanish

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