Pepper(s) may refer to:

Food and spice

Piperaceae The Piperaceae (), also known as the pepper family, are a large family (biology), family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,600 currently accepted species in five genera. The vast majority of species can be found within the two mai ...

or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plants **

Black pepper Black pepper (''Piper nigrum'') is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about in diameter ...

Long pepper Long pepper (''Piper longum''), sometimes called Indian long pepper or ''pippali'', is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Long pepper has a taste sim ...

Kampot pepper Kampot pepper (, ; ) is a cultivar of black pepper (''Piper nigrum'') grown and produced in Cambodia. During the early 20th century under the French protectorate within French Indochina it was also known as Indochinese pepper (; , ). The pepper' ...

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Capsicum ''Capsicum'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the Solanum, nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit, which are generally known as "peppers" or "capsicum". Chili peppers grow on five s ...

'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae **

Bell pepper The bell pepper (also known as sweet pepper, paprika, pepper, capsicum or, in some parts of the US midwest, mango) is the fruit of plants in the Grossum Group of the species ''Capsicum annuum''. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in diff ...

Chili pepper Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli ( ), are varieties of fruit#Berries, berry-fruit plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. They are used as a spice to ...

Schinus ''Schinus'' is a genus of flowering trees and tall shrubs in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as pepper trees. The Peruvian pepper tree ('' Schinus molle'') is the source of the spice known as pink pep ...

, pepper trees *

Sichuan pepper Sichuan pepper (, also known as Sichuanese pepper, Szechuan pepper, Chinese prickly ash, Chinese pepper, Mountain pepper, and ''mala'' pepper, is a spice commonly used in Sichuan cuisine in China, Bhutan and in northeast India. It is called mej ...

, a strong spice *"Alder pepper", the flower of ''

Alnus alnobetula ''Alnus alnobetula'' is a common tree widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. Many sources refer to it as ''Alnus viridis'', the green alder, but botanically this is considered an illegitimate name synonymous with ''Alnus alno ...

Music

Pepper (band) Pepper is a three-piece reggae rock band originally from Hawaii, now based in San Diego. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Kaleo Wassman, vocalist/bassist Bret Bollinger, and drummer Yesod Williams. Since the band's formation they have r ...

, a rock-reggae band originally from Hawaii *

The Peppers The Peppers was a French male instrumental group who had a hit single in 1974 with "Pepper Box". The song reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart, and was a minor hit on the US Soul and Hot 100 charts. Discography Albums ''A Taste Of Pepper, A T ...

, a French male instrumental group * "Pepper" (song), a 1996 song by Butthole Surfers * "Pepper", an instrumental song by Linkin Park from ''LP Underground 11'' * "Pepper", a song by Death Cab for Cutie from the 2022 album ''

Asphalt Meadows ''Asphalt Meadows'' is the tenth studio album by American rock band Death Cab for Cutie. It was released on September 16, 2022, through Atlantic Records. Produced by John Congleton, the album was preceded by the singles "Roman Candles", " Here ...

'' * "Peppers", a song by Lana Del Rey from the 2023 album ''

Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd ''Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. Released on March 24, 2023, by Interscope Records, Interscope and Polydor Records, the album features production by De ...

People and fictional characters

Pepper (name) Pepper is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Abel C. Pepper (1793–1860), American politician and Indian agent * Art Pepper (1925–1982), American jazz musician * Barry Pepper (born 1970), Canadi ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or surname *

Peppers (surname) Peppers (name) may refer to: * Josh Peppers (born 1985), American professional basketball player * Julius Peppers (born 1980), American NFL defensive end * Debra Peppers, American television and radio host * Jabrill Peppers (born 1995), American ...

, a list of people with the surname *

Pepper Martin (actor) Howard Martin (September 20, 1936 – March 18, 2022), known as Pepper Martin, was a Canadian-American actor and professional wrestler. Early life Martin was born in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1944, when he was seven years old, "his parents went ...

, a ring name of Canadian-American actor and professional wrestler Howard Martin (1936–2022) * Pepper, a ring name of Cynthia Peretti (1948–2009), American professional wrestler

Places

Pepper, West Virginia Pepper is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States. Pepper is west-northwest of Philippi Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Pepper Creek (Delaware) Pepper Creek is a stream approximately 8 mi (13 km) long in southern Delaware in the United States. It rises in Cypress Swamp in southern Sussex County, approximately 3 mi (5 km) north of the Maryland state line. It flows ...

, United States, a stream * Pepper Creek,

Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa Marion Township is a township in Davis County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 218. History Marion Township was organized in 1846. It is named for General Francis Marion Brigadier general (United States), ...

, United States, a stream *

Cockspur Island Cockspur Island is an island in the south channel of the Savannah River near Lazaretto Creek, northwest of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. Most of the island is within the boundaries of Fort Pulaski National Monument. The island was so ...

, Georgia, United States, originally known as Pepper Island *

Langkawi Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) located some 30 km off the coast of northwe ...

, Malaysia, once known to British mariners as Pepper Island

Science and technology

Pepper (cryptography) In cryptography, a pepper is a secret added to an input such as a password during hashing with a cryptographic hash function. This value differs from a salt in that it is not stored alongside a password hash, but rather the pepper is kept separat ...

, a secret value added before hashing *

Pepper (robot) Pepper is a semi- humanoid robot manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics (formerly Softbank Robotics Europe), designed with the ability to read emotions. It was introduced in Japan in June 2014. History Pepper was introduced in Tokyo on 5 June 2014 ...

, a humanoid robot by Aldebaran Robotics and SoftBank Mobile *

PPAPI Google Native Client (NaCl) is a discontinued sandboxing technology for running either a subset of Intel x86, ARM, or MIPS native code, or a portable executable, in a sandbox. It allows safely running native code from a web browser, independe ...

or Pepper Plugin API, an interface for web browser plugins

Sports

Pepper (baseball) Pepper is both a common Batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding exercise and a competitive game in baseball, during which one player hits brisk ground balls to a group of Fielder (baseball), fielders who are standing nearby. ...

, an exercise and a game *

Pepper (volleyball) In volleyball, pepper, usually used as a verb, is a very popular warm-up drill, generally involving two players. Pepper is the most common drill performed by played during the ten minute allotted warmup time before a match. This drill is used t ...

, a drill *

Newark Peppers The Newark Peppers, originally known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers, were a Federal League baseball team from 1913–1915. The Federal League (FL), founded in 1913, was a third major league in 1914 and 1915. History The Federal League began as an ...

, a Federal League baseball team from 1913 to 1915

Other uses

* ''Pepper'' (film), a 1936 American comedy film * "Pepper" (''The Brak Show''), a 2002 episode *

Pepper (card game) Pepper(s) may refer to: Food and spice * Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plants ** Black pepper ** Long pepper ** Kampot pepper * ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanacea ...

, an alternate name for bid euchre * Pepper (dog), a Dalmatian whose death led to the U.S. Animal Welfare Act of 1966 * ''

Perets' ''Perets (, , ) is a Ukrainian satire, satirical and humorous illustrated magazine. Together with the Moscow ''Krokodil'' (circulation 5 million copies in 1986), ''Perets (circulation 3.3 million copies in 1986) was one of the two most popular co ...

'' or Pepper, a Ukrainian satirical newspaper