PEPPER

• (noun) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

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

  synonyms : peppercorn

• (noun) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

  synonyms : capsicum , capsicum pepper plant

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

  synonyms : black pepper , common pepper , madagascar pepper , piper nigrum , white pepper

• (verb) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

  "pelt the speaker with questions"

  synonyms : pelt

• (verb) add pepper to

  "pepper the soup"

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