pepper /'pepә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
• (n.) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
• (n.) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

Chinese translation

• n. 胡椒粉, 胡椒, 辣椒
• [化] 胡椒; 辣椒; 花椒

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'pepә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam

Frequency

Zipf 4.14 · Rare

Word forms

peppered, peppering, peppers

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