Usually means: Spicy, citrusy, numbing Chinese spice.
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  3. Sichuan Pepper, Sichuan pepper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sichuan pepper)

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

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