Noun: hot pepper hót pe-pu(r)
- Any of various pungent capsicum fruits
"He added a dash of hot pepper to spice up the dish"; "The chef warned diners about the extremely hot peppers in the sauce"
- Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
"hot peppers are cultivated extensively in Louisiana";
- tabasco pepper, tabasco plant, Capsicum frutescens
Derived forms: hot peppers
Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper
Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum
Encyclopedia: Hot pepper