| slovo | definícia |
pepper
(mass) | pepper
- korenie, paprika, okoreniť |
pepper
(encz) | pepper,paprika n: |
pepper
(encz) | pepper,paprikový adj: |
pepper
(encz) | pepper,pepř n: |
Pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
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 methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, 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 Pepper 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 (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster] |
Pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peppered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Peppering.]
1. To sprinkle or season with pepper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows,
upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or
wounds; as, to pepper him with buckshot. "I have peppered
two of them." "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] |
Pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\, v. i.
To fire numerous shots (at).
[1913 Webster] |
pepper
(wn) | pepper
n 1: climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully
ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern
Burma and Assam [syn: pepper, common pepper, {black
pepper}, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, {Piper
nigrum}]
2: any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing
peppers [syn: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant]
3: pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant
of East India; use whole or ground [syn: pepper,
peppercorn]
4: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus
Capsicum
v 1: add pepper to; "pepper the soup"
2: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the
speaker with questions" [syn: pepper, pelt] |
pepper
(foldoc) | Pepper
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pepper
(mass) | pepper
- korenie, paprika, okoreniť |
peppered
(mass) | peppered
- okorenený |
peppery
(mass) | peppery
- pikantný |
bell pepper
(encz) | bell pepper,paprika n: web |
capsicum pepper plant
(encz) | capsicum pepper plant, n: |
cayenne pepper
(encz) | cayenne pepper,paprika n: Zdeněk Brož |
cherry pepper
(encz) | cherry pepper, n: |
chili pepper
(encz) | chili pepper, n: |
chilli pepper
(encz) | chilli pepper, n: |
common pepper
(encz) | common pepper, n: |
cone pepper
(encz) | cone pepper, n: |
garden pepper cress
(encz) | garden pepper cress, n: |
globe pepper
(encz) | globe pepper, n: |
green pepper
(encz) | green pepper,zelená paprika n: Zdeněk Brožgreen pepper,zelený pepř Zdeněk Brož |
guinea pepper
(encz) | Guinea pepper, |
hot pepper
(encz) | hot pepper, n: |
jalapeno pepper
(encz) | jalapeno pepper, n: |
long pepper
(encz) | long pepper, n: |
melagueta pepper
(encz) | melagueta pepper, n: |
negro pepper
(encz) | negro pepper, n: |
pepper
(encz) | pepper,paprika n: pepper,paprikový adj: pepper,pepř n: |
pepper box
(encz) | pepper box, n: |
pepper bush
(encz) | pepper bush, n: |
pepper family
(encz) | pepper family, n: |
pepper grass
(encz) | pepper grass, n: |
pepper grinder
(encz) | pepper grinder, n: |
pepper mill
(encz) | pepper mill, |
pepper pot
(encz) | pepper pot, n: pepper pot,pepřenka Zdeněk Brož |
pepper root
(encz) | pepper root, n: |
pepper sauce
(encz) | pepper sauce,pepřová omáčka Clock |
pepper shaker
(encz) | pepper shaker, |
pepper shrub
(encz) | pepper shrub, n: |
pepper spray
(encz) | pepper spray,pepřový sprej Clock |
pepper steak
(encz) | pepper steak, n: |
pepper tree
(encz) | pepper tree, n: |
pepper vine
(encz) | pepper vine, n: |
pepper-and-salt
(encz) | pepper-and-salt,pepř a sůl n: [fyz.] [mat.] [tech.] druh šumu
(fyz.) Clock |
peppercorn
(encz) | peppercorn,zrnko pepře n: Zdeněk Brož |
peppercorn rent
(encz) | peppercorn rent, n: |
peppered steak
(encz) | peppered steak, n: |
pepperidge
(encz) | pepperidge, n: |
pepperiness
(encz) | pepperiness,peprnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
peppermint
(encz) | peppermint,máta peprná n: luke |
peppermint candy
(encz) | peppermint candy, n: |
peppermint gum
(encz) | peppermint gum, n: |
peppermint oil
(encz) | peppermint oil, n: |
peppermint patty
(encz) | peppermint patty, n: |
pepperoni
(encz) | pepperoni, |
pepperoni pizza
(encz) | pepperoni pizza, n: |
peppers
(encz) | peppers,koření pepřem v: Zdeněk Brožpeppers,papriky n: pl. peppers,pepře n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
pepperwood
(encz) | pepperwood, n: |
pepperwort
(encz) | pepperwort, n: |
peppery
(encz) | peppery,peprný adj: Zdeněk Brožpeppery,pikantní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
red pepper
(encz) | red pepper,paprika n: (koření) |
stuffed peppers
(encz) | stuffed peppers, n: |
sweet pepper
(encz) | sweet pepper, |
sweet pepper plant
(encz) | sweet pepper plant, n: |
sweet pepperbush
(encz) | sweet pepperbush, n: |
tabasco pepper
(encz) | tabasco pepper, n: |
true pepper
(encz) | true pepper, n: |
wall pepper
(encz) | wall pepper,rozchodník ostrý n: [bot.] PetrV |
white pepper
(encz) | white pepper, n: |
pepperoni
(czen) | pepperoni,peperoni Zdeněk Brož |
African pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
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 methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, 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 Pepper 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 (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster] |
bell pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
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 methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, 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 Pepper 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 (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]Bell pepper \Bell" pep`per\ (Bot.)
A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (Capsicum annuum).
It is the red pepper of the gardens.
[1913 Webster]Capsicum \Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L.
capsa box, chest.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry
berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent,
biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper
of commerce.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or
bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper,
Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which
tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which
includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and {Capsicum
annuum} or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell
pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and
other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used,
both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in
cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance
capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers
their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times
hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed
by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper,
pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); .
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
Bell pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
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 methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, 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 Pepper 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 (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]Bell pepper \Bell" pep`per\ (Bot.)
A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (Capsicum annuum).
It is the red pepper of the gardens.
[1913 Webster]Capsicum \Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L.
capsa box, chest.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry
berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent,
biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper
of commerce.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or
bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper,
Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which
tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which
includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and {Capsicum
annuum} or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell
pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and
other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used,
both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in
cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance
capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers
their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times
hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed
by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper,
pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); .
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
bell pepper
(gcide) | Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Common pepper, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
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 methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, 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 Pepper 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 (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]Bell pepper \Bell" pep`per\ (Bot.)
A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (Capsicum annuum).
It is the red pepper of the gardens.
[1913 Webster]Capsicum \Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L.
capsa box, chest.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry
berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent,
biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper
of commerce.
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Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or
bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper,
Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which
tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which
includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and {Capsicum
annuum} or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell
pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and
other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used,
both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in
cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance
capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers
their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times
hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed
by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper,
pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
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3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); .
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Bird pepper
(gcide) | Bird pepper \Bird" pep`per\
A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small,
conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red
peppers.
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