A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum, the spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum piperitum, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan, small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc, transitive verb_ To strew something over, To distribute certain features, such as witty remarks or quotations, throughout (a discourse), To season or sprinkle with pepper