pepper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
Types & categories
- true pepper hypernym
Parts & wholes
- genus Piper member holonym
- peppercorn part meronym
- piperin substance meronym
Sense 2 verb
add pepper to
pepper the soup
Types & categories
- zest hypernym
Related & opposite
- peppercorn derivation
- cooking domain topic
Sense 3 noun
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Types & categories
- bush hypernym
- cone pepper hyponym
- chili pepper hyponym
- sweet pepper hyponym
- cherry pepper hyponym
- bird pepper hyponym
- hot pepper hyponym
Parts & wholes
- genus Capsicum member holonym
- pepper part meronym
- capsaicin substance meronym
Sense 4 verb
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
pelt the speaker with questions
Types & categories
- attack hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
Types & categories
- seasoning hypernym
- black pepper hyponym
- white pepper hyponym
Parts & wholes
- pepper part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
Types & categories
- solanaceous vegetable hypernym
- sweet pepper hyponym
- hot pepper hyponym
Parts & wholes
- capsicum part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Piper |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | peppercorn |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | piperin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | true pepper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | peppercorn |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | zest |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Capsicum |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pepper |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | capsaicin |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bush |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cone pepper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chili pepper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweet pepper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cherry pepper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bird pepper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot pepper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pelter |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | throw |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pepper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | peppery |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pepper |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | seasoning |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | black pepper |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | white pepper |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | capsicum |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | solanaceous vegetable |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweet pepper |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot pepper |