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rattan pepper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
rat-tan pep-per
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Zanthoxylum armatum, an Asian shrub, whose seeds are used as a spice.

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 藤椒 (téngjiāo).

Inflected Forms

rattan peppers (plural)

Questions

What does rattan pepper mean?
Zanthoxylum armatum, an Asian shrub, whose seeds are used as a spice.
Where does rattan pepper come from?
Calque of Chinese 藤椒 (téngjiāo).

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