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Noun: chilli pepper
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: chili pepper)
  1. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
    - cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper [N. Amer], long pepper, jalapeño, Capsicum annuum longum
     
  2. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
    - chili [N. Amer], chili pepper [N. Amer], chilli [Brit], chile [US]

Derived forms: chilli peppers

Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, hot pepper, pepper

Part of: Capsicum, chili powder [N. Amer], chilli powder [Brit], genus Capsicum

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