Defn: The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the mildly pungent condiment prepared from it.
PAPUAN
Pap"u*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Papua.
PAPUARS
Pap"u*ars, n. pl.; sing. Papuan (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.
PAPULA
Pap"u*la, n.; pl. Papulæ. Etym: [L.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. Quain.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.