hot pepper

Meanings

nounhot pepper (countable and uncountable, plural hot peppers)

countableuncountableAny of various small peppers of highly notable pungency or heat.
countableuncountableAny of the plants that bear such fruit, especially the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens and their numerous subspecies, varieties, or cultivars.

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

Similar

tabasco peppertabasco plantCapsicum frutescens

Broader

capsicum peppercapsicum pepper plant

Also see

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