Pepper

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Pepper may refer to:

The genus Piper of the pepper family (Piperaceae), including for example:

• Black pepper, white and green pepper, Piper nigrum
• Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepper
• Long pepper, Piper longum

The genus Capsicum of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including for example:

• Chili pepper, a number of species
  • Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, a kind of chili pepper often referred to as "peppers"
  • Datil pepper, a Capsicum chinense cultivar
• While the above are fruit, it can also refer to the seeds of these plants, as with cayenne pepper

The genus Pimenta of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), including for example:

• allspice (P. dioicia)
• West Indian bay tree (P. racemosa)
• Pimenta haitiensis
• Pimenta jamaicensis
• Pimenta obscura

Pepper trees

• Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa
• Pseudowintera, horopito
• Zanthoxylum

Pepperwoods

• Pseudowintera colorata. New Zealand Pepperwood
• Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, American Pepperwood

and also:

• Sichuan pepper, several species of the genus Zanthoxylum
• Tasmanian pepper, Mountain pepper or "pepperbush", Tasmannia species

[edit] People

• Art Pepper, musician
• Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
• Claude Pepper, U.S. Congressman
• Pepper Keenan, Rock musician
• Wendy Pepper, fashion designer
• William Pepper, American physician
• William F. Pepper, American lawyer
• Julius Peppers, American NFL defensive end who plays for the Carolina Panthers
• Tom Pepper, a computer programmer best known for his collaboration with Justin Frankel on the invention of the Gnutella peer-to-peer system
• Pepper Adams, an influential jazz Baritone Saxophonist

[edit] Fictional People

• Pepper, orphan girl in the musical Annie
• Pepper, bartender in the musical Mamma Mia! (and the movie Mamma Mia! The Movie)
• Pepper Potts, Iron Man's secretary
• Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson.
• Pepper Roni, appears in 2 video games, LEGO Island and Lego Island 2.

[edit] Music

• Pepper (band), a rock-reggae band originally from Hawaii
• "Pepper (song)", a 1996 song by the alternative rock band Butthole Surfers
• Red Hot Peppers, a 20s jazz band
• Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers, a early 70s pub rock band
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, an American funk rock band
• Salt-n-Pepa, an American hip hop duo.
  • Sandra Denton, "Pepa" from the Salt-n-Pepa
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album by the Beatles
• White Pepper, an album by Ween

[edit] Other

• Dr Pepper, a carbonated soft drink
• Newark Pepper, a defunct Major League Baseball team from the Federal League
• Pepper Ann, an animated series debuted in 1997
• Perets', a Ukrainian satirical newspaper also known as "Pepper"
• Pepper (volleyball) and Pepper (baseball), sports warm-up exercises

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