"peppers" in the noun sense

1. 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. capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

3. pepper, peppercorn

pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India use whole or ground

4. pepper

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

"peppers" in the verb sense

1. pepper

add pepper to

"pepper the soup"

2. pepper, pelt

attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

"pelt the speaker with questions"

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