what does pepper mean?
PEPPER as NOUN
- Meaning
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
Hypernyms(s) pepper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India
- use whole or ground
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- Meaning
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
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Hypernyms(s) pepper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- 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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PEPPER as VERB
- Meaning
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
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- pelt the speaker with questions
Hypernyms(s) pepper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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