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    CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauceplay

    Synonyms:

    Capsicum frutescens; hot pepper; tabasco pepper; tabasco plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Capsicum frutescens" is a kind of...):

    capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

    Meronyms (parts of "Capsicum frutescens"):

    red pepper; tabasco (very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small)

    Holonyms ("Capsicum frutescens" is a member of...):

    Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)

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