peppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

genus Piper, Piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs

pepper vine, true pepper - any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper

piperin, piperine - derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper

pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

genus Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers

Capsicum annuum conoides, cone pepper - plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental

Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper plant, sweet pepper - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

sweet pepper - mild bell-shaped fruit of a sweet pepper plant; usually green and red but now available in orange and yellow and purple and black and white

Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, cherry pepper - plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits

bird pepper, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum - plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers

Capsicum frutescens, hot pepper, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant - plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

capsaicin - colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno

flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

black pepper - pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on

white pepper - pepper ground from husked peppercorns

black pepper, common pepper, Madagascar pepper, pepper, Piper nigrum, white pepper - climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum; Capsicum; Lycopersicon

sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong

hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits

capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

spice up, zest, spice - add herbs or spices to

attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"