black pepper

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black′ pep′per, 

1. a hot, sharp condiment prepared from the dried berries of a tropical vine,
   Piper nigrum.

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black pepper noun

1. a pungent condiment made by grinding the dried unripe berries, together with their black husks, of the pepper plant Piper nigrum