jalapeño


ja·la·pe·ño

J0011550 (hä′lə-pān′yō)n. pl. ja·la·pe·ños 1. A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a very pungent green or red fruit.2. The fruit of this plant.
[American Spanish (chile) jalapeño, (chile of) Jalapa, after Jalapa (a traditional center of the production of the cultivar).]

jalapeño

(dʒæləˈpiːnəʊ; Spanish xalaˈpenjo) n (Plants) a very hot type of green chilli pepper, used esp in Mexican cookery. Also: jalapeño pepper [Mexican Spanish]

ja•la•pe•ño

or ja•la•pe•no

(ˌhɑ ləˈpeɪn yoʊ)

n., pl. -ños or -nos. a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used esp. in Mexican cooking. Also called ja′lape′ño pep′per.[1935–40; < Mexican Spanish (chile) jalapeño (chile of) Jalapa]

jalapeño

1. A Mexican Spanish word for a type of hot green or red chili pepper (from chile jalapeño, a chili from Jalapa, Mexico).2. A very hot, dark green chilli, about 2 in long. Used in Mexican cooking.
Thesaurus
Noun1.jalapeño - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppersjalapeno - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually redCapsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepperchilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungencyred pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicumgenus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot pepperscapsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers2.jalapeño - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexicojalapeno - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexicojalapeno pepperchilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungencychipotle - a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking