CHILI PEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chili pepper mean? 

• CHILI PEPPER (noun)
  The noun CHILI PEPPER has 2 senses:

1. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

2. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

  Familiarity information: CHILI PEPPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILI PEPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly

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)

 Context examples 

A chili pepper extract with analgesic properties.

(Capsaicin, NCI Thesaurus)

One was a placebo, which had no effect, and the other contained capsaicin, the ingredient that makes chili peppers hot and causes inflammation, as seen with sunburns.

(Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury, National Institutes of Health)

Peppers are native to Mexico, but are grown in many developing countries – both as the bell pepper vegetable and chili pepper to make spices.

(Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought, SciDev.Net)