pepperplant
nounUK /ˈpɛpəplɑːnt/
US /ˈpɛpərplænt/
A pepperplant is a plant that grows peppers you can eat.
We planted a pepperplant in the garden last spring.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A plant of the genus Piper that produces peppercorns used as spice.
Black pepper comes from a pepperplant grown in tropical regions.
3. Any climbing vine in the pepper family with small spicy berries.
The pepperplant climbed up the trellis in the greenhouse.
4. A decorative houseplant with colorful ornamental peppers.
She kept a small pepperplant on the kitchen windowsill.