Pepper
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Pepper or Peppers may refer to:
Plants and plant products [edit]
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:
- Banana pepper, a number of species and spices
- Bell pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
- Cayenne pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
- Chili pepper, a number of species
- Datil pepper, a Capsicum chinense cultivar
- Jalapeño, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
The genus Pimenta (genus) of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), including for example:
- Allspice (P. dioicia)
- Pimenta haitiensis
- Pimenta jamaicensis
- Pimenta obscura
- Pimenta racemosa (P. racemosa), West Indian bay tree
Other plants known as peppers:
- Aframomum melegueta, grains of paradise
- Alligator pepper
- Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa
- Pseudowintera, horopito
- Pseudowintera colorata, New Zealand Pepperwood
- Schinus genus, peppercorn trees
- "Pink peppercorns", obtained from Schinus molle
- Tasmanian pepper, Mountain pepper or "pepperbush", Tasmannia species
- Vitex agnus-castus, Monk's pepper
- Zanthoxylum genus
- Sichuan pepper, produced from the fruit of several Zanthoxylum species
- Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, American Pepperwood
People [edit]
Fictional characters [edit]
- Pepper, an orphan girl in the musical Annie
- Pepper, a Dutch Warmblood horse with light blue highlights from the Horseland TV series
- Pepper, a bartender in the musical Mamma Mia! (and the movie Mamma Mia! The Movie)
- Pepper Ann, the main character from the Disney TV series Pepper Ann
- Pepper Potts, the secretary of Iron Man in the Marvel comics universe
- Chris Pepper, character played by Peter Lawford in 1969 film comedy One More Time, directed by Jerry Lewis
- Sgt. Floyd Pepper, a character from The Muppet Show and related works
- Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson
- Waldo Pepper, protagonist of the film The Great Waldo Pepper
- Five Little Peppers, a family with five children in a children's literature series
Music [edit]
- Pepper (band), a rock-reggae band originally from Hawaii
- "Pepper" (song), a 1996 song by the alternative rock band Butthole Surfers
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers, an American funk rock band, sometimes referred to in short as "the Peppers"
- "Pepper", an instrumental song by Linkin Park from LP Underground 12
- Salt-n-Pepa, an American hip hop duo
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (often referred to simply as Sgt. Pepper's), the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles
- The Peppers, a French male instrumental group that reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart in 1974 with the tune "Pepper Box"
Other [edit]
- Dr Pepper, a carbonated soft drink
- Newark Pepper, a defunct Major League Baseball team from the Federal League
- Perets', a Ukrainian satirical newspaper also known as "Pepper"
- sports warm-up exercises
- Pepper (card game), an alternate name for Bid Euchre
- Pepper Ann, an animated series that debuted in 1997
- Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI), a web browser plugin interface
- Pepper II, an early 1980s video game by Exidy
See also [edit]
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