pepper

Noun

• sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

• pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

• any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

• climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Verb

• attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
  • pelt the speaker with questions
    

• add pepper to
  • pepper the soup
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  peppercorn , capsicum , capsicum pepper plant , common pepper , black pepper , white pepper , Madagascar pepper , Piper nigrum , pelt