Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a very pungent green or red fruit.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
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- noun A variety of hot
chili pepper, Capsicum annuum
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[American Spanish (chile) jalapeño, (chile of) Jalapa, after Jalapa (a traditional center of the production of the cultivar).]
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From Spanish jalapeño
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