jalapeno

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ja⋅la⋅pe⋅ño

[hah-luh-peyn-yoh; Sp. hah-lah-pe-nyaw]

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–noun, plural -pe⋅ños [-peyn-yohz; Sp. -pe-nyaws]

a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used esp. in Mexican cooking.

Also, ja⋅la⋅pe⋅no.

Also called jalapeño pepper.

Origin:
1935–40; < MexSp (chile) jalapeño (chile of) Jalapa

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ja·la·pe·ño (hä'lə-pān'yō)

n. pl. ja·la·pe·ños

A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a very pungent green or red fruit.
The fruit of this plant.

[American Spanish (chile) jalapeño, (chile of) Jalapa, after Jalapa.]

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Word Origin & History

jalapeño

from Mex.Sp. Jalapa, place in Mexico, from Aztec Xalapan, lit. "sand by the water," from xalli "sand" + atl "water."

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