CHILLI

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: chillies

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)