NOUN | plant | pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe |
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plant | pepper, capsicum, capsicum pepper plant | any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | |
food | pepper, peppercorn | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India | |
food | pepper | sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum | |
VERB | perception | pepper | add pepper to |
competition | pepper, pelt | attack and bombard with or as if with missiles |
Sounds | peh'per | |
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Rhymes | asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per... |
Meaning | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam. | |
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Synonyms | common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum | |
Member of | Piper, genus Piper | type genus of the Piperaceae |
Parts | pepper, peppercorn | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India |
Broader | true pepper, pepper vine | Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
Substances | piperin, piperine | derived from pepper (especially black pepper) |
Catalan | Piper nigrum |
Meaning | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground. | |
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Synonym | peppercorn | |
Part of | pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe |
Narrower | black pepper | pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on |
white pepper | pepper ground from husked peppercorns | |
Broader | flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning | Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
Spanish | pimienta en grano, pimienta | |
Catalan | pebre en gra, pebre | |
Adjectives | peppery | having the piquant burning taste of peppers / peppers |
Verbs | pepper | add pepper to |
Meaning | Sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum. | |
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Part of | capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant | Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers |
Narrower | hot pepper | Any of various pungent capsicum fruits |
sweet pepper | large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong | |
Broader | solanaceous vegetable | Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae |
Spanish | pimiento | |
Catalan | pebrot |
Meaning | add pepper to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "pepper the soup" | |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
Broader | zest, spice, spice up | add herbs or spices / spices to |
Spanish | echar pimienta, salpimentar | |
Catalan | salpebrar | |
Nouns | pepper | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India |
Meaning | attack and bombard with or as if with missiles. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
Synonym | pelt | |
Entails | throw | Propel through the air |
Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
Spanish | acribillar |
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