Толковый словарь английского языка - pepper
Pepper
pepper
I. noun Etymology: Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi Date: before 12th century 1. either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant (Piper nigrum) that are used chiefly as condiments:, black ~ , white ~ , any of several products similar to ~ that are obtained from plants of the same genus , any of various pungent condiments of plants unrelated to the ~ , any of a genus (Piper of the family Piperaceae, the ~ family) of tropical mostly jointed climbing shrubs with aromatic leaves, 3. capsicum 1a, the hollow fruit of a ~ that is usually red or yellow when ripe, ~ adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1500 to hit with or as if with rapid repeated blows, 2. to sprinkle or season with ~, to shower with or as if with shot or other missiles, to sprinkle or cover as if with ~ , ~er noun III. noun Etymology: probably from 2pep + 2-er Date: 1943 a baseball practice or warm-up game in which usually several fielders toss the ball a short distance to a single batter who hits it back
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a hot aromatic condiment from the dried berries of certain plants used whole or ground. b any climbing vine of the genus Piper, esp. P. nigrum, yielding these berries. 2 anything hot or pungent. 3 a any plant of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum. b the fruit of this used esp. as a vegetable or salad ingredient. 4 = CAYENNE. --v.tr. 1 sprinkle or treat with or as if with pepper. 2 a pelt with missiles. b hurl abuse etc. at. 3 punish severely. Phrases and idioms black pepper the unripe ground or whole berries of Piper nigrum as a condiment. green pepper the unripe fruit of Capsicum annuum. pepper-mill a device for grinding pepper by hand. pepper-pot 1 a small container with a perforated lid for sprinkling pepper. 2 a W. Indian dish of meat etc. stewed with cayenne pepper. 3 colloq. a Jamaican. red (or yellow) pepper the ripe fruit of Capsicum annuum. sweet pepper a pepper with a relatively mild taste. white pepper the ripe or husked ground or whole berries of Piper nigrum as a condiment. Etymology: OE piper, pipor f. L piper f. Gk peperi f. Skr. pippali- berry, peppercorn ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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