PEPPER

the dried berry of a plant growing freely in tropical countries. The tower ts in the form of a epike, and when the berries are ptt idee as 800 a8 _ show signs of turning red, the spike picked and placed to cf When dry. the berries are rubbed o Ls band aud form Black Popper. ey hite Pepper, the dried berries aro soaked, and the skin and flea by part removed, the seed alone remaining. [s. 239]