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
- Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa
- Pseudowintera, horopito
- Zanthoxylum
- 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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