Noun: chili pepper 'chi-lee'pe-pur
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: chilli pepper)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: chilli pepper)
- Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
"He added diced chili pepper to the salsa for extra heat";
- chili [N. Amer], chilli [Brit], chile [US], chilli pepper [Brit]
- Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
"Chili peppers grow well in the greenhouse";
- cayenne, cayenne pepper, chilli pepper [Brit], jalapeño, Capsicum annuum longum
Derived forms: chili peppers
Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, hot pepper, pepper
Part of: Capsicum, chili powder [N. Amer], chilli powder [Brit], genus Capsicum
Encyclopedia: Chili pepper