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Definition of Black pepper

1. Noun. Climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam.

2. Noun. Pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on.

Definition of Black pepper

1. Noun. The plant ''(w Black pepper Piper nigrum)''. ¹

2. Noun. The seeds (peppercorns) of the plant ''Piper nigrum'' which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form. (White pepper is made from black peppercorns which have had their dark skins removed.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Pepper

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Literary usage of Black pepper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"White pepper is the black pepper with the shell removed or decorticated. ... black pepper. No. 7 No. 5 No.154 No. 83 No.105 No.168 Water 4.90 5.46 8.45 7.27 ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It is, however, sometimes prepared from the dried black pepper by removing the dark outer layer. It is less pungent than the black but possesses a finer ..."

3. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"R. black pepper, at will. Grind it, and exhaust by means of alcohol ... This has the odor, but not the pungency of the fruit OINTMENT OF black pepper. ..."

4. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1858)
"... sheweth, That your petitioners have lately, with great industry and charge, found out and discovered a new invention of making black pepper white, ..."

5. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"The dried unripe berries of Piper Nigrum. black pepper. Nat. ... White Pepper (Piper Album) is merely black pepper deprived of its outer integument. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It is, however, sometimes prepared from the dried black pepper by removing the dark ... It differs from black pepper in being rather smaller, less wrinkled, ..."

7. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"White pepper is the black pepper with the shell removed or decorticated. ... black pepper. No. 7 No. 5 No.154 No. 83 No.105 No.168 Water 4.90 5.46 8.45 7.27 ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It is, however, sometimes prepared from the dried black pepper by removing the dark outer layer. It is less pungent than the black but possesses a finer ..."

9. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"R. black pepper, at will. Grind it, and exhaust by means of alcohol ... This has the odor, but not the pungency of the fruit OINTMENT OF black pepper. ..."

10. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1858)
"... sheweth, That your petitioners have lately, with great industry and charge, found out and discovered a new invention of making black pepper white, ..."

11. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"The dried unripe berries of Piper Nigrum. black pepper. Nat. ... White Pepper (Piper Album) is merely black pepper deprived of its outer integument. ..."

12. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It is, however, sometimes prepared from the dried black pepper by removing the dark ... It differs from black pepper in being rather smaller, less wrinkled, ..."

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