noun
pl. -·ños a kind of chili, or hot pepper, that is small, dark green, and very hot: it is used esp. in Mexican cooking
also jalapeño pepper
Origin of jalapeño
from Mexican Spanish chile jalapeño, literally , chili (pepper) of Jalapajalapeño
ja·la·pe·ñoWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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jalapeno
noun
pl. ja·la·pe·ños- A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a very pungent green or red fruit.
- The fruit of this plant.
Origin of jalapeno
American Spanish (chile) jalapeño (chile of) Jalapa after Jalapa ( a traditional center of the production of the cultivar )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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