pepper vine

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• pepper vine — noun any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper • Syn: ↑true pepper • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑pepper, ↑common pepper, ↑black pepper, ↑white pep …   Useful english dictionary

• Pepper — may refer to:PlantsThe genus Piper of the pepper family (Piperaceae), including for example: *Black pepper, white and green pepper, Piper nigrum * Cubeb, Piper cubeba , also known as Java pepper * Long pepper, Piper longum The genus Capsicum of… …   Wikipedia

• pepper — [OE] The pepper vine is a native of the East Indies, and its name is oriental in origin too. It comes ultimately from Sanskrit pippalí, which meant ‘berry’, and hence ‘peppercorn’. It came west via Greek péperi and Latin piper, and was borrowed… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• pepper — [OE] The pepper vine is a native of the East Indies, and its name is oriental in origin too. It comes ultimately from Sanskrit pippalí, which meant ‘berry’, and hence ‘peppercorn’. It came west via Greek péperi and Latin piper, and was borrowed… …   Word origins

• pepper — [pep′ər] n. [ME peper < OE pipor < WGmc borrowing < L piper < Gr peperi, via Pers < Sans pippali, peppercorn] 1. a) a pungent condiment obtained from the small, dried fruits of an East Indian vine (Piper nigrum) of the pepper… …   English World dictionary

• pepper — I. noun Etymology: Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi Date: before 12th century 1. a. either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant (Piper nigrum) that are used chiefly as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pepper — n. & v. n. 1 a a hot aromatic condiment from the dried berries of certain plants used whole or ground. b any climbing vine of the genus Piper, esp. P. nigrum, yielding these berries. 2 anything hot or pungent. 3 a any plant of the genus Capsicum …   Useful english dictionary

• pepper — /ˈpɛpə / (say pepuh) noun 1. a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, either whole or ground, of P. nigrum, a tropical climbing shrub. See black pepper, white pepper. 2. any plant of… …  

• Pepper — William, Jr., U.S. physician, 1874–1947. See P. syndrome. * * * pep·per pep ər n 1 a) a woody Indian vine of the genus Piper (P. nigrum) that is widely cultivated in the tropics for its red berries from which black pepper and white pepper are… …   Medical dictionary

• pepper — noun 1》 a pungent, hot tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used to flavour food. 2》 a climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns. [Piper nigrum.]     ↘used in names of related plants having hot… …   English new terms dictionary

• Vine sweet mini peppers — This is a popular hybrid sweet pepper small in size sold in an assorted tri color pack under the brand/label Master s Touch . It was originally developed in the late 1990s by Bionova Produce Inc. formerly R.B. Packing Inc. following the trend to… …   Wikipedia