| 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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