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sichuan pepper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
sichuan pep-per
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Spice made from this pod.

Uncountable

noun

A plant producing the pods, Zanthoxylum

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sichuan peppers (plural) Szechuan pepper (alternative)

Synonyms

fagara pepper flower pepper

Questions

What does sichuan pepper mean?
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.

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