serrano

(sə rä′nō)

a kind of long, slender, very hot chili usually cooked while still green, used esp. in Mexican cooking

See serrano in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ser·ra·nos

A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small, blunt, highly pungent red or green fruit used in cooking.

Origin:

Origin: American Spanish

Origin: , from Spanish, from the mountains

Origin: , from sierra, mountain range; see sierra

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