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- English Word Peperine Definition Alt. of Peperino
- English Word Peperino Definition A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.
- English Word Peplis Definition A genus of plants including water purslane.
- English Word Peplus Definition An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.
- English Word Peplus Definition A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen.
- English Word Pepo Definition Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd.
- English Word Pepper Definition A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
- English Word Pepper Definition The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
- English Word Pepper Definition Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
- English Word Pepper Definition To sprinkle or season with pepper.
- English Word Pepper Definition Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
- English Word Pepper Definition To fire numerous shots (at).
- English Word Pepper dulse Definition A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency.
- English Word Pepperbrand Definition See 1st Bunt.
- English Word Peppercorn Definition A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).
- English Word Peppercorn Definition Anything insignificant; a particle.
- English Word Peppered Definition of Pepper
- English Word Pepperer Definition A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.
- English Word Peppergrass Definition Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.
- English Word Peppergrass Definition The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort.