English noun: black pepper | |||
1. | black pepper (plant) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pepper vine, true pepper | ||
Part holonym | pepper, peppercorn | ||
Member meronym | genus Piper, Piper | ||
Substance holonym | piperin, piperine | ||
2. | black pepper (food) pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pepper, peppercorn | ||