ghost pepper
noun
variants:
or less commonly ghost chili
plural ghost peppers
also ghost chilis
Definition of ghost pepper
: a small, extremely hot chili pepper of southern Asia that is a hybrid between two species (Capsicum chinensis and Capsicum frutescens)
… the aforementioned potstickers come with a lethal house-made sauce of habaneros and ghost peppers (I managed one tiny spoonful before my tongue went numb).— Phil Vettel Ghost pepper, a name for the bhut jolokia grown mainly in northeast India, is so powerful that the Indian military announced earlier this year that it was going to "weaponize" the peppers for hand grenades.— Florence Fabricant
— called also bhut jolokia
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