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peri-peri

peri-peri noun: a small hot pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, originally produced in Portugal's former Southern African territories.

peri-peri: a small hot pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, originally produced in Portugal's former...
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Noun

peri-peri (plural peri-peris)

  1. A small hot pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, originally produced in Portugal's former Southern African territories.

Forms of peri-peri

pluralperi-peris
alternative formpiri-piri

Words formed from peri-peri

Questions about peri-peri

What does peri-peri mean?
Peri-peri means a small hot pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, originally produced in Portugal's former Southern African territories.
What part of speech is peri-peri?
Peri-peri is a noun.
What is the plural of peri-peri?
The plural of peri-peri is peri-peris.

Words near peri-peri in the dictionary

  1. peri-lingual deafness
  2. peri-mortem
  3. peri-op
  4. peri-operative
  5. peri-operatively
  6. peri-peri
  7. peri-peris
  8. peri-urban
  9. peri-urbanization
  10. peri-workout
  11. peria

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