Cracked Pepper

Black pepper

Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm in diameter, dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper, green pepper, or white pepper.

cracked

Adjective

1. Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
2. Broken into coarse pieces.

Verb

1. simple past and past participle of crack

pepper

Noun

1. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
2. A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.

Verb

1. To add pepper to.
2. To strike with something made up of small particles.