Noun
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sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
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pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India
use whole or ground
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any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- capsicum pepper plant -
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe
southern India and Sri Lanka
naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- common pepper - black pepper - white pepper - madagascar pepper - piper nigrum
Verb
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attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
"pelt the speaker with questions"
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add pepper to
"pepper the soup"