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ja·la·pe·ño    Audio Help   [hah-luh-peyn-yoh; Sp. hah-lah-pe-nyaw] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pe·ños    Audio Help   [-peyn-yohz; Sp. -pe-nyaws] Pronunciation Key.
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    Audio Help   (hä'lə-pān'yō)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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jalapeno

noun
1. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red [syn: cayenne
2. hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico 

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