chilli pepper

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   plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

   Synonymscayennecayenne pepperchili pepperlong pepperjalapenoCapsicum annuum longum

   Broadercapsicum

   Part ofgenus Capsicum

   Partschili

Questions about chilli pepper

What does chilli pepper mean?

chilli pepper means "plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red".

What is another word for chilli pepper?

Close synonyms include cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, long pepper, jalapeno. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chilli pepper a common word?

chilli pepper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.