nouns - Why is the word "pepper" used for both capsicum (e.g. bell pepper) and piper (e.g. black pepper)?


They clearly look different and they don't have that much in common. Taxonomically, they also belong to different families


black and white pepper kernels a green, a red, and a yellow bell pepper




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