pepper
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(verb) attack with missiles or questions |
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Synonyms: pelt |
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Related Words: assail, attack |
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| 2. |
(verb) add pepper to |
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Related Words: spice, spice up |
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(noun) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum |
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Related Words: hot pepper, solanaceous vegetable, sweet pepper |
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(noun) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground |
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Synonyms: peppercorn |
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Related Words: black pepper, flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning, white pepper |
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| 5. |
(noun) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in North Burma and Assam |
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Synonyms: Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, common pepper, white pepper |
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Related Words: pepper vine, true pepper |
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(noun) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers |
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Synonyms: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant |
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Related Words: Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, Capsicum annuum conoides, Capsicum annuum grossum, Capsicum annuum longum, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, bell pepper, bird pepper, bush, cayenne, cayenne pepper, cherry pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, cone pepper, hot pepper, jalapeno, long pepper, paprika, pimento, pimiento, shrub, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant |
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