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    CHILLI

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: chillies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungencyplay

    Synonyms:

    chile; chili; chili pepper; chilli; chilly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("chilli" is a kind of...):

    hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chilli"):

    jalapeno; jalapeno pepper (hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico)

    cayenne; cayenne pepper (a long and often twisted hot red pepper)

    Holonyms ("chilli" is a part of...):

    Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)

    Holonyms ("chilli" is a substance of...):

    chili powder (powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano)

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