1. (n.)pepper the pungent dried berries of the tropical climbing shrub Piper nigrum, used whole, crushed, or ground as a condiment.
2. pepper any plant of the genus Piper, of the pepper family, several of which yield similar pungent berries.
3. pepper any of several plants belonging to the genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, esp. C. annuum and C. frutescens.
4. pepper the usu. green or red fruit of any of these plants, ranging from mild to very pungent in flavor.
5. pepper the pungent seeds of several varieties of C. annuum or C. frutescens, used ground or whole as a condiment.
6. (v.t.)pepper to season with or as if with pepper.
7. pepper to sprinkle or cover, as if with pepper; dot.
8. pepper to pelt with or as if with shot or missiles.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME peper, piper, OE pipor (&whence; ON pipari, piparr) < L piper < Gk péperi; cf. OFris piper, D peper, OHG pfeffar (G Pfeffer), all perh. < a common WGmc borrowing < L)
Definition of 'Pepper'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
2. (noun)capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
3. (noun)pepper, peppercorn pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
4. (verb)pepper sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
5. (verb)pepper add pepper to "pepper the soup"
6. (verb)pepper, pelt attack and bombard with or as if with missiles "pelt the speaker with questions"
1. (noun)pepper a strong-tasting white or black powder used to flavor food Add a little salt and pepper.
2. pepper a hollow red, green, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside sliced red pepper
3. pepper a very spicy small red, green, or yellowvegetable used to flavor food chili peppers
Definition of 'Pepper'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Pepper a well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum
2. (noun)Pepper 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
3. (noun)Pepper any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper
4. (verb)Pepper to sprinkle or season with pepper
5. (verb)Pepper figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds
Definitions of Pepper 
Afrikaans: peper
Arabic: فُلْفُل
Bulgarian: чер пипер
Brazilian: pimenta
Czech: pepř
German: der Pfeffer
Danish: peber
Greek: πιπέρι
Spanish: pimienta
Estonian: pipar
Farsi: فلفل
Finnish: pippuri
French: poivre
Hebrew: פּלפֵּל שָׁחוֹר
Hindi: गोल मिर्च, काली मिर्च
Croatian: papar
Hungarian: bors
Indonesian: lada
Icelandic: pipar
Italian: pepe
Japanese: こしょう
Korean: 후추
Lithuanian: pipirai
Latvian: pipari
Malay: lada
Dutch: peper
Norwegian: pepper
Polish: pieprz
Persian: فلفل
Pashto: مرچ
Portuguese: pimenta
Romanian: piper
Russian: перец
Slovak: čierne korenie
Slovenian: poper
Serbian: biber
Swedish: peppar
Thai: พริกไทย
Turkish: toz biber
Taiwanese: 胡椒粉
Ukrainian: перець
Urdu: کالي مرچ
Vietnamese: hạt tiêu
Chinese: 胡椒粉
