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CHILLI
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Irregular inflected form: chillies
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 ("chilli" is a kind of...):
hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chilli"):
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 ("chilli" 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 ("chilli" is a substance of...):
chili powder (powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano)
