Scotch bonnet
noun
a small, irregularly shaped, extremely hot chile pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero and ranging from yellow to red.
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Origin of Scotch bonnet
First recorded in 1840–45; so called from its shape
Words nearby Scotch bonnet
Scorsese, scot, scot and lot, scotch, Scotch Blackface, Scotch bonnet, Scotch broom, Scotch broth, Scotch crocus, Scotch egg, Scotch furnace
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