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chiliastic |
chill |
chill out |
chilled |
chiller |
chilli
| chilli pepper
| chilliness
| chilling
| chillness
| chills and fever
chilli
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chilli has 1 sense
- chilli(n = noun.food) chile, chili, chili pepper, chilly - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency; Array is a kind of hot pepper
has particulars: jalapeno, jalapeno pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper
is a part of capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chilli, n. (pl. -ies) (also US chili) a small hot-tasting dried red pod of a capsicum, Capsicum frutescens, used as seasoning and in curry powder, cayenne pepper, etc.
Idiom
chilli con carne a stew of chilli-flavoured minced beef and beans. chilli sauce a hot sauce made with tomatoes, chillies, and spices.
Etymology
Sp. chile, chili, f. Aztec chilli
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