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hot pepper

DEFINITIONS OF: hot pepper

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n plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce

Synonyms:
Capsicum frutescens, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant
Type of:
capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

n any of various pungent capsicum fruits

Types:
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chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
red pepper, tabasco
very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small
jalapeno, jalapeno pepper
hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico
cayenne, cayenne pepper
a long and often twisted hot red pepper
Type of:
pepper
sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
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