NOUN | plant | white pepper, pepper, common pepper, black pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe |
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food | white pepper | pepper ground from husked peppercorns |
Meaning | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam. | |
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Synonyms | pepper, common pepper, black pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum | |
Member of | Piper, genus Piper | type genus of the Piperaceae |
Parts | pepper, peppercorn | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India |
Broader | true pepper, pepper vine | Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
Substances | piperin, piperine | derived from pepper (especially black pepper) |
Catalan | Piper nigrum |
Meaning | pepper ground from husked peppercorns. | |
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Broader | pepper, peppercorn | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India |
Spanish | pimienta blanca | |
Catalan | pebre blanc |
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