Meanings
plural long peppers
- The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.
Synonyms: Indian long pepper, Javan long pepper, Indonesian long pepper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.
More synonyms by meaning
nounslender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
nounplant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishlong peper
- Englishlong pepper
Inherited from Middle English long peper; by surface analysis, long + pepper.
More words from Middle English
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Arabic دَارْفِلْفِل, دَار فِلْفِل
- دَارْفِلْفِل (dārfilfil)Piper longum, or its fruit
- دَار فِلْفِل (dār filfil)Piper longum, or its fruit
Bengali পিঁপুল
- পিঁপুল (pĩpul)Piper longum, or its fruit
Chinese 蓽拔 /荜拔
- 蓽拔 /荜拔 (bìbá)Piper longum, or its fruit
Czech pepř dlouhý
- pepř dlouhýPiper longum, or its fruit
Finnish pitkäpippuri
- pitkäpippuriPiper longum, or its fruit
French poivrier long, poivre long
- poivrier longPiper longum, or its fruit
- poivre longPiper longum, or its fruit
German langer Pfeffer, Stangenpfeffer
- langer PfefferPiper longum, or its fruit
- StangenpfefferPiper longum, or its fruit
Greek μακρύ πιπέρι, μακροπίπερο
- μακρύ πιπέρι (makrý pipéri)Piper longum, or its fruit
- μακροπίπερο (makropípero)Piper longum, or its fruit
Hindi पिप्पली
- पिप्पली (pippalī)Piper longum, or its fruit
Hungarian hosszú bors
- hosszú borsPiper longum, or its fruit
Indonesian cabe jawa, cabai jawa
- cabe jawaPiper longum, or its fruit
- cabai jawaPiper longum, or its fruit
- cabe puyungPiper longum, or its fruit
Italian pepe lungo
- pepe lungoPiper longum, or its fruit
Persian فلفل دراز, دارفلفل
- فلفل دراز (felfel darâz)Piper longum, or its fruit
- دارفلفل (dârfelfel)Piper longum, or its fruit
- فلفلمویه (felfelmuye)Piper longum, or its fruit
- فلفل بلند (felfel boland)Piper longum, or its fruit
Polish pieprz długi
- pieprz długiPiper longum, or its fruit
Portuguese pimenta longa
- pimenta longaPiper longum, or its fruit
Russian дли́нный пе́рец, пе́рец дли́нный
- дли́нный пе́рец (dlínnyj pérec)Piper longum, or its fruit
- пе́рец дли́нный (pérec dlínnyj)Piper longum, or its fruit
Slovak piepor dlhý, dlhé korenie
- piepor dlhýPiper longum, or its fruit
- dlhé koreniePiper longum, or its fruit
Spanish pimienta longa
- pimienta longaPiper longum, or its fruit
Swedish långpeppar
- långpepparPiper longum, or its fruit
Tamil திப்பிலி, கண்டந்திப்பிலி
- திப்பிலி (tippili)Piper longum, or its fruit
- கண்டந்திப்பிலி (kaṇṭantippili)Piper longum, or its fruit
Thai ดีปลี
- ดีปลี (dii-bplii)Piper longum, or its fruit
Turkish darülfülfül, uzun biber
- darülfülfülPiper longum, or its fruit
- uzun biberPiper longum, or its fruit
Urdu فلفل دراز
- فلفل دراز (filfil darāz)Piper longum, or its fruit
Vietnamese tiêu lóp
- tiêu lópPiper longum, or its fruit
Cite this entry
long pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20pepper
“long pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20pepper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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