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Hot pepper

noun

Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce. Synonyms: Capsicum frutescens, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant.

Any of various pungent capsicum fruits.

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"Hot pepper" Quotes from Famous Books

... said, "Oscar 's been plaguing us like everything, all the evening. He got me down on the floor, and rubbed a hot pepper on my mouth, and tried to make me eat it. And he's been rummaging all round the kitchen, trying to find some pie. And then he went to shooting peas at us, and he got Bridget real mad, and Ralph had to clear out, to study ...

— Oscar - The Boy Who Had His Own Way • Walter Aimwell

Words linked to "Hot pepper" : chilli, chile, pepper, genus Capsicum, tabasco pepper, capsicum pepper plant, chili, red pepper, chili pepper, capsicum, chilly, tabasco