noun
1. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
• Syn: ↑cayenne, ↑chili pepper, ↑chilli pepper, ↑long pepper, ↑jalapeno, ↑Capsicum annuum longum
• Hypernyms: ↑capsicum, ↑pepper, ↑capsicum pepper plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Capsicum, ↑Capsicum
• Substance Meronyms: ↑cayenne, ↑red pepper
• Part Meronyms: ↑chili, ↑chili pepper, ↑chilli, ↑chilly, ↑chile
2. ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
• Syn: ↑cayenne, ↑red pepper
• Substance Holonyms: ↑cayenne, ↑chili pepper, ↑chilli pepper, ↑long pepper, ↑jalapeno, ↑Capsicum annuum longum
3. a long and often twisted hot red pepper
• Syn: ↑cayenne
• Hypernyms: ↑chili, ↑chili pepper, ↑chilli, ↑chilly, ↑chile
Useful english dictionary. 2012.