hot pepper

1. The pungent fruit of any of several varieties of Capsicum annuum or C. frutescens.

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hot pepper

1. (Plants) any of several varieties of the pepper Capsicum frutescens, esp chilli pepper

2. (Plants) the pungent usually small fruit of any of these plants

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hot′ pep′per

any of various very pungent fruits of pepper plants of the genus Capsicum.

[1940–45]

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Noun	1.	hot pepper - plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce Capsicum frutescens, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant red pepper, tabasco - very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
	2.	hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum chilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency red pepper, tabasco - very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small

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1 hot pepper (add more if you like a bit more heat)

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CHUNKY MANGO KICK UP SALSA (Serves 4) INGREDIENTS 1 mini cucumber, halved lengthways, seeded and cut into large chunks 1 small red pepper, seeded and cut into diamond shaped chunks 1 small green pepper, seeded & cut into diamond shaped chunks 1 large firm ripe mango, peeled and cut into large dice (stone discarded) 3 spring onions, cut on the angle into 2cm pieces juice of 1 lime 1 tbsp Hercules hot pepper sauce (see recipe below or use a shop-bought Bajan hot pepper sauce) Small bunch fresh basil Freshly ground black pepper METHOD 1.

Food that's streets ahead; TV chef Ainsley Harriott has been travelling the globe in search of the world's best street food. Marion McMullen tucks in to some of the international offerings

Ainsley |Harriott, above, and with Mrs Hercules, left CHUNKY MANGO KICK UP SALSA (Serves 4) INGREDIENTS 1 mini cucumber, halved lengthways, seeded and cut into large chunks 1 small red pepper, seeded and cut into diamond shaped chunks 1 small green pepper, seeded & cut into diamond shaped chunks 1 large firm ripe mango, peeled and cut into large dice (stone discarded) 3 spring onions, cut on the angle into 2cm pieces juice of 1 lime 1 tbsp Hercules hot pepper sauce (see recipe below or use a shopbought Bajan hot pepper sauce) Small bunch fresh basil Freshly ground black pepper METHOD 1.

The food that's streets ahead; TV chef Ainsley Harriott has been travelling the globe in search of the world's best street food. MARION MCMULLEN tucks in to some of the international offerings