[
US
/ˈkoʊˌvɪɫ/
]
NOUN
- desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
How To Use coville In A Sentence
- Dr. Scoville, though he still kept his word and maintained his position with regard to the prisoners, continually "thorned" the captain with a prospect of the gallows, which he declared was his certain doom. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer
- In 1912, pharmacist William Scoville devised the first systematic test for ranking the pungency of peppers using a panel of tasters.
- I actually thought for a moment that the ultraslim, horridly wicked evil scientist in this film was played by Bruce Coville. WTF??
- The "ghost chili", also known as bhut jolokia, has more than 1 million Scoville units, while Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units and jalapeno peppers from 2,500 to 8,000 units. CNN.com
- He larn ter toot lak a squinch-owl frum Marse Scoville en he tole me dat when he come agin he toot. Miss Lou
- Now, Miss Lou," whispered Chunk, "I gwine ter wake Marse Scoville up by tootin 'lak a squinch-owl," and he did so briefly. Miss Lou
- Marse Scoville didn't come back fum dat las 'fight, he say, en he say ter me dat ef he toot twiced lak a squinch-owl dat mean I go ter you, fer he need yo' he'p. Miss Lou
