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CHILLI PEPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("chilli pepper" is a kind of...):
capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
Meronyms (parts of "chilli pepper"):
chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)
Meronyms (substance of "chilli pepper"):
cayenne; cayenne pepper; red pepper (ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum)
Holonyms ("chilli 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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