pequin

plural pequins

1. A small, hot, citrusy and nutty chili pepper cultivar.

   [A] chile that grows wild along the Mexico–U.S. border, pequins are itty-bitty—and fiercely hot! It's rare to find them fresh. The dried form is available in specialty stores; […]

   2018 August 7, Jane Butel, Chili Madness: A Passionate Cookbook by Jane Butel, Turner Publishing Company, →ISBN

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   ... chili pequins, which come with a handwritten warning : 'fiery little devils.' I have a small bag of pequins in the pantry I haven't even used in a recipe yet, but somehow I feel a little safer knowing they're there.

   2005 November 14, Christina Palassio, Alana Wilcox, The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork, Coach House Books, →ISBN, page 222

   ... chile peppers—Thais and Malaysians prefer cayennes and bird peppers; Caribbeans enjoy habaneros; Mexicans choose poblanos, jalapenos, and serranos; and Peruvians like ajis, rocotos, and pequins. Chile blends are prized not only for[…]

   2006 October 23, Susheela Raghavan, Handbook of Spices, Seasonings, and Flavorings, CRC Press, →ISBN

plural Pequins

1. A surname from French.

1. obsoleteObsolete form of Peking (“Chinese capital city”).

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   That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to another Riuer, called the Yellow Riuer, ſuch being the colour of that troubled water. This is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.

   1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340