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LONG PEPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
Synonyms:
Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("long pepper" is a kind of...):
capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
Meronyms (parts of "long pepper"):
chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)
Meronyms (substance of "long pepper"):
cayenne; cayenne pepper; red pepper (ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum)
Holonyms ("long pepper" is a member of...):
Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
Synonyms:
long pepper; Piper longum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("long pepper" is a kind of...):
pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)
Holonyms ("long pepper" is a member of...):
genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)
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