English

Alternative forms

• Szechuan pepper

Noun

Sichuan pepper ‎(usually uncountable, plural Sichuan peppers)

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (uncountable) Spice made from this pod.
3. (countable) A plant producing the pods, Zanthoxylum

Synonyms

• (pod and spice): fagara pepper, flower pepper

Holonyms

• (pod): Zanthoxylum piperitum, Zanthoxylum sancho, Zanthoxylum schinifolium, Zanthoxylum simulans

Hyponyms

• (plant): Same as holonyms of the pod.

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