HOT PEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hot pepper mean? 

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

1. plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce

2. any of various pungent capsicum fruits

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOT PEPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Capsicum frutescens; hot pepper; tabasco pepper; tabasco plant

Hypernyms ("hot pepper" is a kind of...):

capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Meronyms (parts of "hot pepper"):

red pepper; tabasco (very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small)

Holonyms ("hot pepper" is a member of...):

Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various pungent capsicum fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("hot pepper" is a kind of...):

pepper (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hot pepper"):

chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)

red pepper; tabasco (very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small)

 Context examples 

RTX is found in Euphorbia resinifera, a cactus-like plant native to Morocco, which is 500 times more potent than the chemical that produces heat in hot peppers, and may help limit the use of opioid medication while in the hospital and during home recovery.

(Chemical from cactus-like plant shows promise in controlling surgical pain, while leaving touch and coordination intact, National Institutes of Health)