CHILLI (chillies)

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chilli mean? 

• CHILLI (noun)
  The noun CHILLI has 1 sense:

1. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

  Familiarity information: CHILLI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILLI (noun)

Meaning:

Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chilli; chilly; chile; chili; chili pepper

Hypernyms ("chilli" is a kind of...):

hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chilli"):

jalapeno; jalapeno pepper (hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico)

cayenne; cayenne pepper (a long and often twisted hot red pepper)

Holonyms ("chilli" is a part of...):

Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)

Holonyms ("chilli" is a substance of...):

chili powder (powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano)