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TABASCO PEPPER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
Synonyms:
Capsicum frutescens; hot pepper; tabasco pepper; tabasco plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tabasco pepper" is a kind of...):
capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
Meronyms (parts of "tabasco pepper"):
red pepper; tabasco (very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small)
Holonyms ("tabasco 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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