CHILLI (chillies)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: chillies   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chilli mean? 

• CHILLI (noun)
  The noun CHILLI has 1 sense:

1. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

  Familiarity information: CHILLI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILLI (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("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)

 Context examples 

The nerves also showed an increase in the function of TRPV1, a molecule that detects the hotness of chilli peppers (TRPV1 is also activated by heat, which is why chillis tastes hot).

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)

With this, the Bhut Jolokia loses its status as the world's hottest chilli, left behind by, reportedly, Carolina Reaper of the US and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

The group of scientists of the Assam Agricultural University said according to their study, the hotness of the chilli has reduced greatly in the past eight years.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

A team at the University of Cambridge has shown how, in osteoarthritis patients, the viscous lubricant that ordinarily allows our joints to move smoothly triggers a pain response from nerve cells similar to that caused by chilli peppers.

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)

A group of scientists of the Assam Agricultural University of Assam, India has claimed the Bhut Jolokia, which was once recorded as the hottest chilli in the world in the Guinness World Records, is losing its characteristic hotness with time.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)