Pepper

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Pepper may refer to:

[edit] Plants

The Piper genus, in the Piperaceae family, including:

• Black pepper and white pepper, Piper nigrum
• Long pepper, Piper longum
• Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepper

The Capsicum genus, including:

• Chili pepper
• Bell pepper

And also:

• Brazilian pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius, a tree producing "pink peppercorns"
• Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum
• Tasmanian pepper or Mountain pepper, Tasmannia lanceolata

[edit] Popular culture

• Dr Pepper, an American soft drink
• Pepper, a card game similar to euchre
• Warm-up games played in several sports:
  • Pepper (baseball)
  • Pepper (Volleyball)
• Pepper (band), a U.S. band
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album released by the British rock band, "The Beatles"
• "Pepper", a song on the Butthole Surfers' Electriclarryland album
• Pepper the Dog, a chihuahua owned by professional Wrestler Al Snow

[edit] People

• Art Pepper, a musician
• Barry Pepper, a Canadian actor
• Wendy Pepper, fashion designer
• William Pepper, an American physician
• William F. Pepper, an American lawyer

[edit] See also

• Pepperwood
• Peppertree

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