Definition of white pepper in English English dictionary
The peppercorn and spice of a light colored variety of pepper (contrast black pepper). Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces
White pepper is pepper which has been made from the dried insides of the fruits of the pepper plant. Pepper ground from peppercorns from which the outer black layer has been removed. a white powder made from the crushed inside of a peppercorn, which gives a slightly spicy taste to food black pepper
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam