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CHILI PEPPER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Synonyms:

chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("chili pepper" is a kind of...):

hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chili pepper"):

jalapeno; jalapeno pepper (hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico)

cayenne; cayenne pepper (a long and often twisted hot red pepper)

Holonyms ("chili pepper" is a part of...):

Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)

Holonyms ("chili pepper" is a substance of...):

chili powder (powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

Synonyms:

Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chili pepper" is a kind of...):

capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Meronyms (parts of "chili pepper"):

chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)

Meronyms (substance of "chili pepper"):

cayenne; cayenne pepper; red pepper (ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum)

Holonyms ("chili pepper" is a member of...):

Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)

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