Long pepper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
    Piper longum.
  2. noun plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
    jalapeno; cayenne pepper; cayenne; Capsicum annuum longum; chilli pepper; chili pepper.

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Definitions
  1. . (a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian shrub . (b) The root of Piper, ∨ Macropiper, methysticum. See Kava.

Webster 1913