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peppers
We have found lemma(root) word of peppers : pepper.
Definitions
[ˈpɛpə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food
(e.g: season to taste with salt and pepper)
- a capsicum, especially a sweet pepper
- a climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns
- a practice game in which a fielder throws at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielder
(e.g: he liked to play pepper)
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Origin
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Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’
[ˈpɛpə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- sprinkle or season (food) with pepper
(e.g: I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it)
- cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items
(e.g: the script is peppered with four-letter words)
Phrases:
Origin
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Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’
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