jalapeno
jalapeno Lexical Profile
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• noun
A medium-sized, moderately hot chili pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum annuum) commonly used in Mexican cuisine, usually harvested and eaten while green but occasionally allowed to ripen to a red color.
"She decided to leave the seeds in the diced jalapeno to add an extra layer of heat to the homemade salsa."
The bushy nightshade plant native to Mexico that yields the jalapeno pepper.
"He planted a jalapeno in the garden box, hoping for a bountiful harvest of spicy peppers by late summer."
Word Nuance & Usage
Frequently spelled with a tilde as 'jalapeño' in written English to accurately reflect its Spanish orthography and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for jalapeno
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish 'jalapeño', meaning 'from Jalapa' (now spelled Xalapa), the capital city of Veracruz, Mexico, where the pepper was traditionally cultivated.
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