CHILLI PEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chilli pepper mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILLI 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 ("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)

 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)

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)