cherry pepper

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noun

a variety of pepper, Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, having rounded, usually pungent fruit.

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Origin of cherry pepper

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby cherry pepper

cherry-bob, cherry bomb, cherry brandy, cherry coal, cherry laurel, cherry pepper, cherry-pick, cherry picker, cherry pie, cherry plum, cherry red

How to use cherry pepper in a sentence

No more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.
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Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whisk in the half and half and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rub the loin with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was a massive hit, and the safety-pin dress a brilliant cartoonish cherry on top of it.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress|Tim Teeman|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One whist table only is at work; General Pepper and three old hands of the same kidney are hard at it.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Cherry-tree stems, under the name of agriots, constitute a specialty of Austrian manufacture.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Others again will be found of a fine red, having something of a most lovely light cherry tint.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
There was then a great deal of old timber about the place and a long avenue of oaks, besides three large cherry orchards.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
As, during the whole pepper-harvest, they feed wholly on this stimulant, they become exceedingly irritable.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various