BLACK PEPPER • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Black pepper

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/blæk pˈɛpər/ Listen

Black pepper

noun

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

Pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on.

See images of 'Black pepper'

Etymology of 'Black pepper'

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Black pepper" Quotes from Famous Books

... man, after anointing his lingam with a mixture of the powders of the white thorn apple, the long pepper, and the black pepper, and honey, engages in sexual union with a woman, he makes her ...

— The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, - Introduction and Concluding Remarks • Vatsyayana

... halfpenny per day. The meat dinners consisted of a stew of from a half to three quarters of a lb. of leg of beef, the meat costing 3 1/2d. per lb., which, with sliced potatoes and a little onion, and as much water as just covered all, with a sprinkle of salt and black pepper, by the time I returned to dinner at half-past six furnished a repast in every respect as good as my appetite. For breakfast I had coffee and a due proportion of quartern loaf. After the first year of my employment under Mr. Maudslay, my wages were raised to 15s. a week, and I then, but not till ...

— Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers • Samuel Smiles

... fruit. Salad dressings should be lemon or lime juice, very small quantities of olive oil, and herbs. No salt, soy sauce nor black pepper. Cayenne can ...

— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

Words linked to "Black pepper" : piperin, Madagascar pepper, piper, genus Piper, peppercorn, pepper vine, piperine, pepper, true pepper