English word senses marked with lifeform category "Peppers"

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• Anaheim (Proper name) A city in Orange County, in southern California, United States; the home of Disneyland.
• Anaheim (Noun) A cultivar of the green or red pepper, Capsicum annuum, having long, tapering fruit.
• Madame Jeanette (Noun) A chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) cultivar from Suriname.
• Scotch bonnet (Noun) A tam o'shanter.
• Scotch bonnet (Noun) A variety of hot chilli pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense).
• Scotch bonnet (Noun) The sea snail Semicassis granulata.
• Scoville scale (Proper name) A measure for the piquancy (“heat, burn, spiciness”) of various chili peppers, indicating the level of capsaicin.
• ancho (Noun) A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
• armadillo egg (Noun) A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.
• banana pepper (Noun) A kind of yellow chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.
• bell pepper (Noun) Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.
• bhut jolokia (Noun) A kind of very spicy hot chili pepper from India.
• bird pepper (Noun) A tropical American plant, Capsicum baccatum.
• bird's eye chili (Noun) A spicy chili pepper, a cultivar from the species Capsicum annuum, commonly found in Southeast Asia.
• capsaicin (Noun) A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.
• capsaicinoid (Noun) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
• capsicum (Noun) Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
• cascabel (Noun) A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry.
• cascabel (Noun) A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil.
• cayenne (Noun) Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
• cayenne pepper (Noun) Any of several very hot chilli peppers.
• cayenne pepper (Noun) A powder condiment or spice formed from the dried chilli pepper varieties above.
• cherry pepper (Noun) the pimento pepper
• chilaca (Noun) A variety of chili native to Mexico.
• chili (Noun) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
• chili (Noun) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
• chili (Noun) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
• chili (Noun) Cincinnati chili.
• chili oil (Noun) A spicy condiment in which crushed dried red chili peppers (and sometimes other ingredients) have been macerated in oil
• chili pepper (Noun) Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.
• chili powder (Noun) Pulverized dry chilis used for culinary purposes.
• chili sauce (Noun) Hot sauce.
• chilihead (Noun) Someone who enjoys eating chili peppers or chili con carne.
• chiltepe (Noun) A chiltepin.
• chiltepin (Noun) A wild chile pepper variety, Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, found in Mexico and the southwestern US.
• chiltoma (Noun) Any sweet pepper.
• chipotle (Noun) A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking.
• cubanelle (Noun) A particular sweet pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.
• datil (Noun) The queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, or its leaf fibers used for weaving.
• dihydrocapsaicin (Noun) A capsaicinoid and analog and congener of capsaicin in chili peppers.
• ghost chili (Noun) Synonym of bhut jolokia
• ghost pepper (Noun) Synonym of bhut jolokia
• green pepper (Noun) A green variety of dried peppercorn, made from the unripe berries by treating them in a manner that retains the green color.
• guajillo (Noun) A variety of chili, a dried mirasol.
• guajillo (Noun) A huajillo, a shrub of species Senegalia berlandieri (syn. Acacia berlandieri).
• habanero (Noun) An intensely spicy chili pepper, Capsicum chinense.
• habañero (Noun) Nonstandard form of habanero.
• homocapsaicin (Noun) A capsaicinoid and analogue and congener of capsaicin in chilli peppers.
• homodihydrocapsaicin (Noun) A capsaicinoid and analogue and congener of capsaicin in chilli peppers.
• hot pepper (Noun) Any of the plants that bear such fruit, especially the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens and their numerous subspecies, varieties, or cultivars.
• hot sauce (Noun) Any liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers.
• isot (Noun) urfa biber (pepper variety)
• jalapeño (Noun) A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.
• malagueta (Noun) Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of the West African Aframomum melegueta; the plant itself.
• mirasol (Noun) A variety of chili; when dried, the chilis are called guajillos.
• nonivamide (Noun) A capsaicinoid, an amide of pelargonic acid and vanillylamine, present in chili peppers and used as a food additive and a lachrymatory agent.
• nordihydrocapsaicin (Noun) A capsaicinoid and analogue and congener of capsaicin in chilli peppers.
• paprika (Noun) Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
• paprika (Noun) A variety of the spice.
• paprika (Noun) A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
• paprika (Noun) A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
• pasilla (Noun) A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
• peperoncini (Noun) A spicy variety of pepper used in Greek and Italian cuisine.
• peppadew (Noun) A kind of sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum baccatum.
• pepper (Noun) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
• pepper (Noun) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
• pepper (Noun) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
• pepper (Verb) To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
• pepper sauce (Noun) Synonym of hot sauce
• peter pepper (Noun) An heirloom chili pepper grown in North America for its unusual penis-shaped fruits.
• pimento (Noun) A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
• pimiento (Noun) Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
• poblano (Noun) A mild green chile pepper native to Mexico; when dried, the chilis are called anchos or chiles anchos (“wide chilis”).
• red pepper (Noun) A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.
• rocoto (Noun) A kind of chili pepper of the species Capsicum pubescens grown in Peru and Bolivia.
• serrano (Noun) Ellipsis of serrano pepper, a chili pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum which originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo and is used in cooking.
• shishito (Noun) A sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.
• sport pepper (Noun) A mild chili pepper, commonly pickled and used in Southern US cooking and on Chicago-style hot dogs.
• sweet pepper (Noun) The fruit of a nonspicy cultivar of pepper, Capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.
• tabasco (Noun) A tabasco pepper.
• tabasco pepper (Noun) A variety of chili pepper having a conical shape and a bitter and burning taste, Capsicum frutescens variety tabasco.
• tatashe (Noun) The red bell pepper.
• togarashi (Noun) chili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, specifically the spice mixture consisting of mandarin orange peel, sesame seed, poppy seed, hemp seed, nori or aonori, and ground sansho
• urfa biber (Noun) A smoky, sweet-and-sour variety of pepper cultivated in and around Şanlıurfa.

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