| 单词 | pepper |
| 释义 | Word Frequency pepper(ˈpɛpə) noun 1. a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae 2. the dried fruit of this plant, which is ground to produce a sharp hot condiment See also black pepper, white pepper 3. any of various other plants of the genus Piper cubeb, betel, kava 4. Also called: capsicum any of various tropical plants of the solanaceous genus Capsicum, esp C. frutescens, the fruits of which are used as a vegetable and a condiment See also bird pepper, sweet pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper 5. the fruit of any of these capsicums, which has a mild or pungent taste 6. the condiment made from the fruits of any of these plants 7. any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as water pepper verb (transitive) 8. to season with pepper 9. to sprinkle liberally; dot his prose was peppered with alliteration 10. to pelt with small missiles Word origin Old English piper, from Latin, from Greek peperi; compare French poivre, Old Norse piparr |
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