Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_pepper

2 senses of black pepper

Sense 1
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)
       => true pepper, pepper vine -- (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Sense 2
black pepper -- (pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on)
       => pepper, peppercorn -- (pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground)