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Sichuan peppers

Sichuan peppers is the plural of Sichuan pepper.

Meaning of Sichuan pepper

Noun

Sichuan pepper (usually uncountable, plural Sichuan peppers)

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually) The outer pod of the tiny fruit of a number of species in the genus Zanthoxylum widely grown and consumed in Asia as a spice. Not closely related to black pepper or to chilli peppers.
  2. (usually) Spice made from this pod.
    Synonyms:
    fagara pepper, flower pepper
  3. (countable, usually) A plant producing the pods, Zanthoxylum

Questions about Sichuan peppers

What is Sichuan peppers the plural of?
Sichuan peppers is the plural of Sichuan pepper.

Words near Sichuan peppers in the dictionary

  1. sicht
  2. Sichuan
  3. Sichuan jay
  4. Sichuan jays
  5. Sichuan pepper
  6. Sichuan peppers
  7. Sichuan tit
  8. Sichuan tits
  9. Sichuan Yi
  10. Sichuanese
  11. Sicilia

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