The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
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A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
(Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ( Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
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Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper. Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below. African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea. Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne. Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum piperitum, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan. Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum. Jamaica pepper. See Allspice. Long pepper.
The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian shrub.
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The root of Piper methysticum (syn. Macropiper methysticum) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.
Red pepper. See Capsicum.
Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ( Clethra alnifolia), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also white alder.
Pepper box or Pepper caster, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc.
Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.
Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
Pepper moth (Zo["o]l.), a European moth ( Biston betularia) having white wings covered with small black specks.
Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.
pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar.
Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree ( Drimys axillaris) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.
Wiktionary
n. hot sauce
WordNet
n. for venison: brown sauce with sauteed vegetables and trimmings and marinade and plenty of pepper [syn: Poivrade]
Usage examples of "pepper sauce".
Dash Worcestershire, hot pepper sauce, and fresh ground pepper to taste.
He wandered into a Subway, bought a ham and cheese with hot pepper sauce to give himself more time to scope out the area.
I served one of Rissa's favorites, a chicken thing with dumplings, green noodles, mint leaves, and a pepper sauce nearly as hot as burkha.
And, for still another, I had the device in my fingers - a small, purple-blue stone, smooth as a pearl, which would act like the rendered goose fat that provides the basis of a good red pepper sauce.
A gamey old hen, more rope than flesh, lay in a thin pepper sauce on one of the good salvers.
The wastrel poured a mug of mead, sprinkled in chopped eggs, added a dollop of pepper sauce and brandy, then chugged it while Byron and Veronica gagged.
He was about to comment on this unique table when a waiter brought them a plate of slivered kona nuts in pepper sauce.
After looking over the menu they ordered bean soup, roast chicken without the chocolate pepper sauce, and totopos-an American-type frito served with a sauce made of mashed avocado, boiled tomato, olive oil, onion, salt and lemon.