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  • 21pepper — pepperer, n. pepperish, adj. pepperishly, adv. /pep euhr/, n. 1. a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, esp. from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum. 2. any plant of the …

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  • 22Hot pot — This article is about varieties of stew. For other uses, see Hot pot (disambiguation). Hot pot Raw meats ready to be cooked Chinese name Traditional Chinese …

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  • 23hot pepper — noun 1. plant bearing very hot medium sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce • Syn: ↑tabasco pepper, ↑tabasco plant, ↑Capsicum frutescens • Hypernyms: ↑capsicum, ↑pepper, ↑capsicum pepper… …

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  • 24pepper — n. & v. n. 1 a a hot aromatic condiment from the dried berries of certain plants used whole or ground. b any climbing vine of the genus Piper, esp. P. nigrum, yielding these berries. 2 anything hot or pungent. 3 a any plant of the genus Capsicum …

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  • 25pepper — 1 noun 1 (U) a grey or pale yellow powder used to add a slightly hot taste to food: Pass the salt and pepper, please. see also: black pepper, white pepper 2 a red powder like this, especially cayenne pepper or paprika 3 (C) a hollow red, green or …

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  • 26pepper — I n. spice 1) black; hot; red; white pepper 2) a dash of pepper vegetable 3) (a) green; red; sweet pepper 4) stuffed peppers II v. (d; tr.) ( to shower ) to pepper with (she was peppered with questions) * * * [ pepə] hot …

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  • 27pepper — noun 1》 a pungent, hot tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used to flavour food. 2》 a climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns. [Piper nigrum.]     ↘used in names of related plants having hot… …

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  • 28pepper — 1. noun /ˈpɛpə,ˈpɛpɚ/ a) A plant of the family Piperaceae. Some ballparks have signs saying No pepper games . b) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of this plant. Syn: chili …

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  • 29hot pepper — krūminė paprika statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bulvinių šeimos prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Capsicum frutescens), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot. Capsicum frutescens; Capsicum… …

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  • 30pepper — I. noun Etymology: Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi Date: before 12th century 1. a. either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant (Piper nigrum) that are used chiefly as… …

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