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chilli pepper

The correct spelling is chilli pepper.

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noun

Say it like: Chi-lli- pe-ppe-r

The correct spelling is chilli pepper. Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin. (Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy, but all tru…

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noun

  1. 1.Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin. (Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy, but all true chili peppers contain some capsaicin, in contrast to e.g. the bell pepper, which is not a true chili pepper and does not.)

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