hot pepper

hot pepper

n.1. The pungent fruit of any of several varieties of Capsicum annuum or C. frutescens.2. See pepper.

hot pepper

n 1. (Plants) any of several varieties of the pepper Capsicum frutescens, esp chilli pepper 2. (Plants) the pungent usually small fruit of any of these plants

hot′ pep′per

n. any of various very pungent fruits of pepper plants of the genus Capsicum. [1940–45]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hot pepper - plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauceCapsicum frutescens, tabasco pepper, tabasco plantred pepper, tabasco - very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very smallgenus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot pepperscapsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
	2.	hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruitspepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicumchilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungencyred pepper, tabasco - very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small