tabasco
tabasco Lexical Profile
• noun
A pungent, fiery red condiment sauce made from aged red chili peppers, vinegar, and salt, often used to flavor savory dishes and drinks (frequently capitalized as a trademark).
"He added a few dashes of tabasco to his scrambled eggs to give them a spicy kick."
The small, tapered, highly pungent red chili pepper produced by a cultivar of the nightshade plant Capsicum frutescens, used in cooking and to make hot sauce.
"The chef finely chopped a fresh tabasco to stir into the simmering gumbo."
A state in southeastern Mexico bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Guatemala, characterized by low-lying coastal plains and tropical wetlands (always capitalized).
• Rhymes for tabasco
Word Origin & Etymology
Named after the Mexican state of Tabasco, where the fiery chili pepper cultivar originated. The famous hot sauce brand was created in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny on Avery Island, Louisiana.
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