Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces.

    weißer Pfeffer

More definitions
  • pepper ground from husked peppercorns
  • climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The spices used in making speculaas biscuits are cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and white pepper.

    deDie Kräuter, die für Spekulatius verwendet werden, sind Zimt, Muskatnuss, Gewürznelke, Ingwer und weißer Pfeffer. — raggione

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
Light-colored seed of pepper:

Origin

From Middle English whyte peper, equivalent to white + pepper.

From Middle English whyte peper, equivalent to white + pepper.

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Forms

plural: white peppers
Singularwhite pepper

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam:peppercommon pepperblack pepperMadagascar pepperPiper nigrum

See also

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