Noun

• S: (n) 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)
• S: (n) black pepper (pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) pepper, peppercorn (pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground)
• S: (n) flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
• S: (n) ingredient, fixings (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking) "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
• S: (n) foodstuff, food product (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
• S: (n) food, nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
• S: (n) substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties) "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"
• S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))