chili pepper

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Singular
chili pepper

Plural
chili peppers

chili pepper (plural chili peppers)

  1. Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, noted for their spicy and burning flavor due to presence of capsaicin. Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy but all true chili peppers contain some (in contrast to the bell pepper which is not a true chili pepper and does not).

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