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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 redplay

    Synonyms:

    Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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 Himalayasplay

    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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