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sanshool

sanshool noun: a pungent compound derived from the Sichuan pepper and related plants.

Noun

sanshool (countable and uncountable, plural sanshools)

  1. A pungent compound derived from the Sichuan pepper and related plants.

Forms of sanshool

pluralsanshools

Origin of sanshool

From Japanese 山椒 (“Sichuan pepper”), with -ol suffix.

Questions about sanshool

What does sanshool mean?
Sanshool means a pungent compound derived from the Sichuan pepper and related plants.
What part of speech is sanshool?
Sanshool is a noun.
What is the plural of sanshool?
The plural of sanshool is sanshools.

Words near sanshool in the dictionary

  1. sansevierias
  2. Sansha
  3. sanshin
  4. sanshins
  5. sansho
  6. sanshool
  7. sanshools
  8. Sanshou
  9. Sanshui
  10. Sansi
  11. Sansia

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