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pepper

/ pepper /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
Type of:
solanaceous vegetable
Kinds of:
sweet pepper hot pepper
Has parts:
capsicum capsicum pepper plant
noun Sense 2
pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
Type of:
flavorer flavourer flavoring
Kinds of:
black pepper white pepper
Has parts:
common pepper black pepper white pepper
noun Sense 3
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
Type of:
true pepper pepper vine
Has parts:
Piper genus Piper
verb Sense 4
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
"pelt the speaker with questions"
Type of:
attack assail
Derived:
pelter
Entails:
throw
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb Sense 5
add pepper to
"pepper the soup"
Type of:
zest spice spice up
Derived:
peppercorn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
noun Sense 6
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Type of:
shrub bush
Kinds of:
cone pepper Capsicum annuum conoides cayenne cayenne pepper chili pepper
Has parts:
genus Capsicum
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

solanaceous vegetable sweet pepper hot pepper flavorer flavourer flavoring black pepper white pepper true pepper pepper vine attack assail