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Pepper

A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Flavoring 76% connected

of Flavor

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Seasoner 76% connected

One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

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Seasoning 76% connected

of Season

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Spice 76% connected

Species; kind.

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Zest 76% connected

A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

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Narrower term 4

Bell pepper 76% connected

A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

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Bird pepper 76% connected

A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

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Cayenne 76% connected

Cayenne pepper.

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Pimento 76% connected

Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

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Derivationally related 4

Pelter 74% connected

One who pelts.

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Pelter 74% connected

One who pelts.

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Peppery 74% connected

Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.

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Peppery 74% connected

Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.

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Entails 2

Loft 72% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Throw 72% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Substance part 2

Capsaicin 70% connected

A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

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Piperine 70% connected

A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.

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Containing whole 1

Capsicum 70% connected

A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when grou…

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Component part 1

Peppercorn 70% connected

A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).

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Synonym 3

Capsicum 92% connected

A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when grou…

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Pelt 92% connected

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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Peppercorn 92% connected

A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).

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