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Noun: long pepper
  1. Slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
    - Piper longum
     
  2. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
    - cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper [N. Amer], chilli pepper [Brit], jalapeƱo, Capsicum annuum longum

Derived forms: long peppers

Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper, pepper vine, true pepper

Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum, genus Piper, Piper

Encyclopedia: Long pepper