Meaning

1 senses
  1. The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

    langer Pfeffer, Stangenpfeffer

    дли́нный пе́рецdlínnyj pérec, пе́рец дли́нныйpérec dlínnyj

More definitions
  • slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
  • plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

Translations

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English long peper; by surface analysis, long + pepper.

Inherited from Middle English long peper; by surface analysis, long + pepper.

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Forms

plural: long peppers
Singularlong pepper
Plurallong peppers

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Indian long pepperJavan long pepperIndonesian long pepper
Close in meaning
  • slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas:Piper longum
  • plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red:cayennecayenne pepperchili pepperchilli pepperjalapenoCapsicum annuum longum

See also

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