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chilli

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chil·li  (chl)
n.
Variant of chili.

chilli or chili
Noun
1. pl chillies or chilies the small red or green hot-tasting pod of a type of capsicum, used in cookery, often in powdered form
2. short for chilli con carne [Mexican Indian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chillichilli - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits
jalapeno pepper, jalapeno - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico
cayenne, cayenne pepper - a long and often twisted hot red pepper
chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano
Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
Translations
chilli, chili [ˈtʃɪlɪ] npiment m (rouge)

chilli (US) chili [ˈtʃɪlɪ] nPeperoni pl

chilli (US), chili [ˈtʃɪlɪ] npeperoncino

chilli
n chilli, chili [ˈtʃili]
the hot-tasting pod of a type of pepper, often dried, powdered and used in sauces etc. rissie طَعام ``تشيلي'' лют пипер čili, paprika chili; chilipeber die Paprikaschote καυτερή πιπεριά chile tšilli فلفل قرمز chili piment rouge צִ'ילִי मिर्च čili csili cabai sterkt piparaldin, chilepipar peperoncino rosso, chili チリ 칠레 고추(의 꼬투리) aitrioji paprika sarkanie pipari cili Spaanse peper spansk pepper, chilipepper czerwony pieprz malagueta chili, varietate de ardei iute красный стручковый перец paprika, čili huda paprika čili chili, spansk peppar พริก acı biber 辣椒 перець чілі سرخ مرچ ớt khô


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They offered me the local traditional dish, which is a plate with chilli sauce, a little bit of cheese and lots of tortillas.
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The molecular crystal structure of capsaicin, the hot component of chilli peppers, was solved directly from synchrotron powder diffraction data alone, using the same simulated annealing procedure outlined in the previous section [6].
 
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