hot pepper
any of variously shaped pungent peppers of the genus Capsicum, containing large amounts of capsaicin and usually having thin walls.
a plant bearing such a pepper.
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I’ve spoken with world-class hot pepper eaters, read stacks of scientific papers about capsaicin, know that dairy and alcohol can be used to soothe the pain that is coming.
What would possess someone to eat a Carolina Reaper pepper? This writer tried to find out. | Leigh Cowart | September 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen you eat a very hot pepper, capsaicin binds a specific receptor, the kind that warns your brain when your coffee is too hot.
What would possess someone to eat a Carolina Reaper pepper? This writer tried to find out. | Leigh Cowart | September 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor most people, though, eating hot peppers isn’t harmful—it just hurts.
What would possess someone to eat a Carolina Reaper pepper? This writer tried to find out. | Leigh Cowart | September 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLater, after a winding conversation about hot pepper breeding and thrill seekers and physiological responses to the fruits of his labor, I ask Currie what he thinks about people using the body’s pain response and endorphin system to feel good.
What would possess someone to eat a Carolina Reaper pepper? This writer tried to find out. | Leigh Cowart | September 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe first time I met Wole Soyinka, at an American literary event dinner, he offered me a small vial of hot pepper.
Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life | Chimamanda Adichie | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The contorni include things like a side of olive oil and long-cooked greens with garlic and hot pepper.
In vain the Goodwife tried to cure him with a dose of hot pepper tea.
The Puritan Twins | Lucy Fitch PerkinsThere was chicken with a nice hot pepper sauce and rice and all kinds of vegetables and melons and dates and oranges.
Nabul, Our Little Egyptian Cousin | Blanche McManusThey pushed off, scrambling into the boat, and we sent more silent, hot pepper after the legs that dallied.
The Voodoo Gold Trail | Walter WaldenAfter downing the red-hot pepper sauce, Nancy felt a little better, but hid her face in her pillow and refused to move.
Sally Scott of the Waves | Roy J. SnellHe got me down on the floor, and rubbed a hot pepper on my mouth, and tried to make me eat it.
Oscar | Walter Aimwell
British Dictionary definitions for hot pepper
any of several varieties of the pepper Capsicum frutescens, esp chilli pepper
the pungent usually small fruit of any of these plants
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