English noun: hot pepper |
1. | hot pepper (plant) plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce |
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| Synonyms | Capsicum frutescens, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper |
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| Part holonym | red pepper, tabasco |
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| Member meronym | Capsicum, genus Capsicum |
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2. | hot pepper (food) any of various pungent capsicum fruits |
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| Broader (hypernym) | pepper |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, red pepper, tabasco |
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