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

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe

verb

attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

add pepper to

Roots

pippalipepper- · Sanskrit · long pepper, berry

Synonyms for pepper

peppercornn capsicumn paprikan pimenton chilin spicen cuminn coriandern garlicn clovesn allspicen saltn nutmegn mustardn

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Where does pepper come from?

The word pepper breaks down into one root of Sanskrit origin: the root pepper-, from Sanskrit pippali (“long pepper, berry”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.