Etymology

shishito

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Today it means: A sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum. Full definition →

Japanese 獅子唐
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from獅子唐
  2. English todayshishito

Borrowed from Japanese 獅子唐 (shishitō).

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