Pepperidge bush(Bot.), the barberry.

Peppering
(Pep"per*ing), a. Hot; pungent; peppery. Swift.

Peppermint
(Pep"per*mint) n. [Pepper + mint.]

1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha much used in medicine and confectionery.

2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.

3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.

Peppermint camphor. (Chem.) Same as Menthol. — Peppermint tree(Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, E. piperita, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil.

Pepperwort
(Pep"per*wort`) n. (Bot.) See Peppergrass.

Peppery
(Pep"per*y) a.

1. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.

2. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.

2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. "I have peppered two of them." "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world." Shak.

Pepper
(Pep"per), v. i. To fire numerous shots

Pepperbrand
(Pep"per*brand`) n. (Bot.) See 1st Bunt.

Peppercorn
(Pep"per*corn`) n.

1. A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).

2. Anything insignificant; a particle.

Pepper dulse
(Pep"per dulse`) (Bot.) A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency. [Scot.] Lindley.

Pepperer
(Pep"per*er) n. A grocer; — formerly so called because he sold pepper. [Obs.]

Peppergrass
(Pep"per*grass`) n. (Bot.) (a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; — called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor. (b) The common pillwort of Europe See Pillwort.

Pepperidge
(Pep"per*idge) n. [Cf. NL. berberis, E. barberry.] (Bot.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, — the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge and pipperidge.]
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