Noun hot pepper has 2 senses
  1. tabasco pepper, hot pepper, tabasco plant, Capsicum frutescens - plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
    --1 is a kind of capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant
    --1 is a member of genus Capsicum
    --1 has parts: tabasco, red pepper
  2. hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits
    --2 is a kind of
    pepper
    --2 has particulars:
     chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, chile; tabasco, red pepper
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