chilli pepper

Other forms: chilli peppers

Definitions of chilli pepper
  1. noun
    plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
    synonyms: Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, jalapeno, long pepper
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    type of:
    capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper
    any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
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