### plant | tracheophyte | bush:

Pepper
* All peppers contain some amount of capsicum, the chemical that makes peppers hot
  - get their pep from oils concentrated in the seeds and membranes
* Dalmatian puppy.
* Most pepper grows in climates
  - forest patches
  - regions
  - warm climates
  - has bell shapes
* Most pepper has characteristic bell shapes
  - complex flavor
  - different flavour
  - mild smell
  - vitamins
* Most peppers are annual plants, lasting only one season
  - start out green and mature to their ripe color
* Some pepper contains chemicals
  - potassium
  - substances
  - various chemicals
* Some pepper grows as tall vines
  - in zones
  - under conditions
* Some pepper has flesh
  - thick flesh
* Some pepper helps prevent cancer
  - lung cancer
* Some pepper needs constant soil moisture
  - produces fruit
  - peppers produce colorful fruits and are ornamental plants, too
* also work well in a basket and can be interplanted with leaf lettuce.
* are a beautiful green or deep red, large and slightly elongated
  - labor-intensive crop to harvest, package, and ship, especially on a large scale
  - low acid vegetable
  - tender, warm-season crop
* are also more fragile when they're fully ripe
  - sensitive to chill injury
* are an anticarcinogenic, warming, carminative, digestive and nutritive spice
  - insignificant source of other vitamins
  - famous as an aphrodisiac and a medicinal and digestive food
  - higher in vitamin C than oranges
  - often dominant species where they are found
  - one of the oldest domesticated plants
  - perennial plants, native to South America, that are grown as annuals in North America
  - recalcitrant when it comes to cold temperatures, both in the air and in the soil
  - subject to significant damage only after they begin to set fruit
  - the leading hydroponically grown crop in Florida
  - versatile ingredients that can add sweetness, piquancy, or outright heat to dishes
* can be red, green, yellow, and orange
  - easily react during cooking and turn a sauce bitter
  - irritate the intestines
  - self pollinate by dropping pollen directly from the anthers to the stigma
* causes sneezings.
* change color as they ripen, some becoming red but others turning yellow or purple.
* come in all kinds of colors, sizes, and shapes
  - sizes and colors
  - almost endless shapes and colors
  - many sweet and hot varieties
* comes in many varieties, black, red , and white being the most common.
* contain capsaicin, citrus fruits contain coumarins
  - more Vitamin C than citrus fruits
* contains small amounts of safrole , a carcinogenic compound.
* fare very well in the Valley climate and most herbs get along well with other plants.
* floats on water.
* generally have a long growing season and suffer slow growth during cool periods
  - require a long growing season and grow very slowly during cool periods
* get hotter when grown under stress.
* grow best in warm weather
  - well-drained loam or sandy loam soil
  - tall and produce brittle branches
  - well in containers when given adequate space, sunlight, water and fertilization
* has an aromatic odour, pungent and bitterish taste
  - elongated shape and matures to red
  - hotness
  - strong flavor
  - wonderful flavor
* have healing and anti-biotic qualities
  - less cold tolerance than tomatoes, although more than eggplants
  - some of the most variable characteristics of any vegetable
* helps when there is fever, skin itching, gonorrhea, paralytic and arthritic diseases.
* includes cell membranes
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - xylem
* is actually berries that are picked around nine months after flowering.
* is an aphrodisiac
  - indispensable item in the food industry
  - another common name with multiple meanings
  - condiments
  - just a little seed that has been ground
  - known to cause sneezing
* is located in dinner
  - tables
  - marketed mainly as dried berries
  - mentioned by Roman writers in the fifth century
* is one of the most common spices used around the world
  - widely used spices and is used to flavor foods
* is part of capsicums
  - seasons
* is the second most valuable vegetable crop in Florida
  - spice that changed history
  - used as an accent to a wide variety of dishes
  - vegetables
  - vine with heart shaped leaves and small white flowers
* long-season crop.
* most important and is one of the oldest spices.
* near photocopy of Maris.
* often become hotter as they ripen, and hotter still when they're dried.
* originate from the tropical areas of mid and South America.
* pepper vine
* perennial climber requiring the support of live or dead standards.
* play hide and seek with dwarf nicotiana.
* prefer rich, moist soil with good drainage in a sunny location
  - warm, moist, nutrient-rich soil in a warm climate
* require a long growing season and warm to hot temperatures for fruiting
  - at least six hours of sun a day
  - full sun, but can be shaded during the heat of day to protect against sunscald
* seed from a plant.
* solid black doe with great conformation.
* start out green turning to bright red
  - purple and turn to red if left to ripen
* take longer to mature and produce fewer fruit than tomatoes.
* tender, warm-season vegetable.
* thrive in a well-drained, fertile soil that is well supplied with moisture.
* typically collapse rapidly and die.
* vary in their susceptibility to root-knot nematode.
* yield one crop per year.
+ Black pepper, Peppercorn as a condiment: Magnoliopsida :: Spices
  * Pepper is one of the most common spices used around the world. It is very common in European cuisine, and has been known and traded for a very long time. Very often, the peppercorns are ground, and the powder is used to make things taste hot
  - medicine
  * Pepper can irritate the intestines. It is therefore eliminated from the diet of patients having abdominal surgery and ulcers. The replacement is usually called a 'bland diet'