chilli pepper

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The fruit of the plants from the Genus Capsicum and the nightshade family, Solanaceae, commonly used as for its spicy or hot flavor in cooking
chili pepper
Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, noted for their spicy and burning flavor due to presence of capsaicin. Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy but all true chili peppers contain some (in contrast to the bell pepper which is not a true chili pepper and does not)
chili pepper
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
chili pepper
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
chilli pepper

    Hyphenation

    chil·li Pep·per

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    Etymology

    () According to Wikipedia: from Nahuatl via the Spanish word chile.
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