white pepper

/waɪt ˌpɛpər/
/hwaɪt ˌpɛpər/
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Definitions of white pepper
  1. noun
    climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
    synonyms: Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, common pepper, pepper
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    type of:
    pepper vine, true pepper
    any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
  2. noun
    pepper ground from husked peppercorns
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    type of:
    pepper, peppercorn
    pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
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