Chili pepper
The chili pepper, or more simply just "chili", is the fruit of the plants from the Genus
Capsicum and the
nightshade family,
Solanaceae. The name, which is spelled differently in many regions (chili, chile or chilli), comes from
Nahuatl via the
Spanish word chile. The term chili in most of the world refers exclusively to the smaller, hot types of capsicum. The mild larger types are called
bell pepper in the USA, simply
pepper in
Britain,
Canada and
Ireland,
capsicum in
India and
Australasia and
paprika in many
European countries.
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chili pepper
Noun
1. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
(synonym) cayenne, cayenne pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum
(hypernym) capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant
(member-holonym) genus Capsicum
(substance-meronym) cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper
(part-meronym) chili, chilli, chilly, chile
2. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
(synonym) chili, chilli, chilly, chile
(hypernym) hot pepper
(hyponym) jalapeno, jalapeno pepper
(substance-holonym) chili powder
(part-holonym) cayenne, cayenne pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum
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