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Noun pepper has 4 senses
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--1 is a kind of true pepper, pepper vine
 --1 is a member of Piper, genus Piper
 --1 has parts: pepper, peppercorn
 --1 has substances: piperin, piperine
 
capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers--2 is a kind of shrub, bush
 --2 is a member of genus Capsicum
 --2 has parts: pepper
 --2 has substances: capsaicin
 --2 has particulars:
 |  | cone pepper, Capsicum annuum conoides; cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum; sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum; sweet pepper; cherry pepper, Capsicum annuum cerasiforme; bird pepper, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum; tabasco pepper, hot pepper, tabasco plant, Capsicum frutescens | 
pepper, peppercorn - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground--3 is a kind of flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
 --3 is a part of 
--3 has particulars: black pepper; white pepper
 
pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum--4 is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
 --4 is a part of capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant
 --4 has particulars: sweet pepper; hot pepper
 
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