long pepper

Questions about long pepper

What does long pepper mean?

long pepper means "slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for long pepper?

Close synonyms include Piper longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is long pepper a common word?

long pepper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.