Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hot_pepper

2 senses of hot pepper

Sense 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)
       => capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant -- (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Sense 2
hot pepper -- (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)
       => pepper -- (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)