fish pepper

fish pepper
a cultivar of the chili pepper plant Capsicum annuum. The fruit resembles a swimming fish because of its variegation

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  • pepper pot — n. 1. PEPPER SHAKER 2. a West Indian stew of vegetables and meat or fish, flavored with cassava juice, red pepper, etc. ☆ 3. a hotly seasoned stew of vegetables, dumplings, tripe, etc. 4. a soup of meat and vegetables flavored with hot spices …   English World dictionary

  • Pepper, Claude — ▪ United States senator in full  Claude Denson Pepper   born September 8, 1900, Dudleyville, Alabama, U.S. died May 30, 1989, Washington, D.C.       American politician, known as a champion of the elderly, who served for more than 60 years in… …   Universalium

  • pepper fish — not a fish but a cultivar of the chili pepper plant Capsicum annuum. The fruit resembles a swimming fish because of its variegation …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • pepper pot — noun 1》 (N. Amer. pepper shaker) Brit. a container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper. 2》 a West Indian dish consisting of stewed meat or fish with vegetables, typically flavoured with cassareep …   English new terms dictionary

  • pepper pot — noun Date: 1679 1. British pepperbox 1 2. a. a highly seasoned West Indian stew of vegetables and meat or fish b. a thick soup of tripe, meat, dumplings, and vegetables highly seasoned especially with crushed peppercorns called also Philadelphia… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pepper pot — 1. Also called Philadelphia pepper pot. a highly seasoned, thick soup made of tripe or other meat, vegetables, and sometimes dumplings. 2. a West Indian stew of meat or fish and vegetables, flavored with cassareep. 3. pepperbox. [1670 80] * * * …   Universalium

  • pepper pot — /ˈpɛpə pɒt/ (say pepuh pot) noun 1. a small, often decorated container with perforations in the top for sprinkling pepper. 2. a West Indian stew, the principal flavouring of which is cassareep, with meat or fish and vegetables …  

  • pepper pot — pep′per pot n. 1) coo a highly seasoned soup of tripe, vegetables, and often dumplings 2) coo a highly seasoned West Indian stew of meat or fish and vegetables • Etymology: 1670–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • Ají pepper — Taxobox name = Ají pepper image width = 250px image caption = Capsicum baccatum fruits regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Asteridae ordo = Solanales familia = Solanaceae genus = Capsicum species = C.… …   Wikipedia

  • Chili pepper — For other uses, see Chili (disambiguation). A habanero chili pepper, one of the more piquant (hotter) chili peppers …   Wikipedia

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