| 词汇 | pepper |
| 词源 | pepper. Pepper can be traced back to the Sanskrit pippali, for a type of condiment pepper that comes from the dried berries of a climbing shrub. Garden peppers are not related to this shrub, but received the same name when Columbus discovered hot varieties of the garden pepper in the West Indies and wrongly believed they were a new variety of the condiment pepper. See also chili pepper. |
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