"ghost chili pepper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost chili peppers [plural]
Etymology: ghost + chili pepper. Calque of Assamese ভূত-জলকীয়া (bhut-zolokia, “Ghost chili”), based on a misunderstanding of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ghost|chili pepper}} ghost + chili pepper, {{calque|en|as|ভূত-জলকীয়া||Ghost chili}} Calque of Assamese ভূত-জলকীয়া (bhut-zolokia, “Ghost chili”), {{der|en|as|ভোট-জলকীয়া||Bhutanese chili|tr=bhüt-zolokia}} Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost chili pepper (plural ghost chili peppers)
  1. Synonym of bhut jolokia Synonyms: bhut jolokia [synonym, synonym-of], ghost chili, ghost pepper Hypernyms: chili pepper
    Sense id: en-ghost_chili_pepper-en-noun-yEj8nr1o Categories (other): Assamese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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