Szechuan pepper

Szechuan pepper

English

Noun

Szechuan pepper (countable and uncountable, plural Szechuan peppers)

1. Alternative form of Sichuan pepper
   • 2015, David J. Linden, Touch: The Science of the Sense that Makes us Human‎, Penguin Random House, →ISBN, OCLC 946067352, pages 232-233:

     Some people in Asia during pre-Columbian times also made use of the seeds of the plants Zanthoxylum simulans and Eanthoxylum bungeanum, now known as Szechuan pepper. Szechuan peppercorns evoke a tingling, numbing sensation produced by its active ingredient, alpha-sanshool. Like black pepper, Szechuan pepper is chemically and experientially distinct from chili pepper.