Meanings
nounScotch bonnet (plural Scotch bonnets)
plural Scotch bonnets
- A variety of hot chilli pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense).
Synonyms: Scotch bonnet pepper
- A fairy ring mushroom (genus Marasmius).
- The sea snail Semicassis granulata.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA variety of hot chilli pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense).
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Origin
Of the pepper, mushroom, and snail, from the resemblance to the Scottish tam o'shanter.
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