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long pepper

long pepper noun: the flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

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Noun

long pepper (plural long peppers)

  1. The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.
    Synonyms:
    Indian long pepper, Javan long pepper, Indonesian long pepper

long pepper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

long pepper in Hindi

Piper longum, or its fruit
पिप्पली pippalī

long pepper in Tamil

Piper longum, or its fruit
திப்பிலி tippili, கண்டந்திப்பிலி kaṇṭantippili

long pepper in Urdu

Piper longum, or its fruit
فلفل دراز filfil darāz

long pepper in Bengali

Piper longum, or its fruit
পিঁপুল pĩpul
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long pepper in Telugu
పిప్పలి pippali
long pepper in Malayalam
തിപ്പലി tippali
long pepper in Kannada
ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ hippali
long pepper in Gujarati
પીપર pīpar
long pepper in Odia
ପିପ୍ପଳୀ pippaḷi
long pepper in Sanskrit
पिप्पलि pippali
long pepper in Nepali
पिपला piplā
long pepper in Arabic
دَارْفِلْفِل dārfilfil, دَار فِلْفِل dār filfil
long pepper in Indonesian
cabe jawa, cabai jawa, cabe puyung
long pepper in Persian
فلفل دراز felfel darâz, دارفلفل dârfelfel, فلفلمویه felfelmuye, فلفل بلند felfel boland
long pepper in Thai
ดีปลี dii-bplii
long pepper in Vietnamese
tiêu lóp

Synonyms of long pepper

Forms of long pepper

plurallong peppers

Origin of long pepper

Inherited from Middle English long peper; by surface analysis, long + pepper.

Words formed from long pepper

Questions about long pepper

What does long pepper mean?
Long pepper means the flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.
What is long pepper in Hindi?
Long pepper in Hindi is पिप्पली (pippalī). See Long pepper meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is long pepper?
Long pepper is a noun.
What is the plural of long pepper?
The plural of long pepper is long peppers.

Words near long pepper in the dictionary

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  2. long paddock
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  4. long passive
  5. long peace
  6. long pepper
  7. long peppers
  8. long pig
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  10. Long Plain
  11. long player

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