Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a small, red, berrylike fruit that is extremely hot.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
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- noun A wild
chile pepper, Capsicum annuum, found in Mexico and the southwestern US.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Michelangelo seem to be a tepin/chiltepin plant on August 6, 2009 at 6: 45 pm | Reply wererabbits
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These are among the reasons, along with its powerful punch and piquant flavor, why the chiltepin is so prized among chileheads, and also why you are unlikely to find them in the typical grocery store produce section.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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We met farmers there who are trying to cultivate this wild capsicum, and while they have successfully raised some very tasty, very hot chiles, they are not - strictly speaking - chiltepin.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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Recently, doing research for my forthcoming book Chasing Chiles, I set out with co-authors Gary Nabhan and Kraig Kraft to find the people who harvest the wild chiltepin pepper, and to sample its uses among the descendants of those who first picked the tiny berries thousands of years ago.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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Recently, doing research for my forthcoming book Chasing Chiles, I set out with co-authors Gary Nabhan and Kraig Kraft to find the people who harvest the wild chiltepin pepper, and to sample its uses among the descendants of those who first picked the tiny berries thousands of years ago.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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Recently, doing research for my forthcoming book Chasing Chiles, I set out with co-authors Gary Nabhan and Kraig Kraft to find the people who harvest the wild chiltepin pepper, and to sample its uses among the descendants of those who first picked the tiny berries thousands of years ago.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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These are among the reasons, along with its powerful punch and piquant flavor, why the chiltepin is so prized among chileheads, and also why you are unlikely to find them in the typical grocery store produce section.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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We met farmers there who are trying to cultivate this wild capsicum, and while they have successfully raised some very tasty, very hot chiles, they are not - strictly speaking - chiltepin.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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We met farmers there who are trying to cultivate this wild capsicum, and while they have successfully raised some very tasty, very hot chiles, they are not - strictly speaking - chiltepin.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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Recently, doing research for my forthcoming book Chasing Chiles, I set out with co-authors Gary Nabhan and Kraig Kraft to find the people who harvest the wild chiltepin pepper, and to sample its uses among the descendants of those who first picked the tiny berries thousands of years ago.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili) Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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