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Pepper may refer to:
Plants
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:
- Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, often referred to in the UK and Canada as simply "peppers"
- Chili pepper, a number of species
- Datil pepper, a Capsicum chinense cultivar
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:
- Brazilian pepper or pink pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius and Schinus molle
- "Guinea pepper", several unrelated plants
- Melegueta pepper, Aframomum melegueta
- "Pepper vine", today species of Piper, formerly also North American species of Clematis (e.g. Clematis ligusticifolia)
- Sichuan pepper, several species of the genus Zanthoxylum
- Tasmanian pepper, Mountain pepper or "pepperbush", Tasmannia species
- Norjeana A. pepper, Islam-maguindanao pepper or "panget pepper", Amella species
- Sittie SM. pepper, Islam-maranao pepper or "essa pepper", Macabaning species
- Robert CB. pepper, Christian-ilonggo pepper or "bap pepper", Baloyo species
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
- Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson
- Pepper Adams, an influential jazz Baritone Saxophonist
Music
- Pepper (band), a 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 80s American Hip-Hop band.
- Sandra Denton, "Pepa" from the aforementioned hip hop band
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album by the Beatles
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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- This page was last modified on 6 September 2008, at 07:19.
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