LONG PEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long pepper mean? 

• LONG PEPPER (noun)
  The noun LONG PEPPER has 2 senses:

1. slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas

2. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

  Familiarity information: LONG PEPPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG PEPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

long pepper; Piper longum

Hypernyms ("long pepper" is a kind of...):

pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Holonyms ("long pepper" is a member of...):

genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper

Hypernyms ("long pepper" is a kind of...):

capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Meronyms (parts of "long pepper"):

chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)

Meronyms (substance of "long pepper"):

cayenne; cayenne pepper; red pepper (ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum)

Holonyms ("long pepper" is a member of...):

Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)

 Context examples 

A standardized extract containing the active alkaloid piperine, derived from the fruit of the plant Piper nigrum (black pepper) and/or the plant Piper longum L. (long pepper), with thermogenic properties.

(Piperine Extract (Standardized), NCI Thesaurus)