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Chili peppers of varied colours and sizes: green bird's eye, yellow Madame Jeanette, red cayenne. Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli (from Classical Nahuatl chīlli [ˈt͡ʃiːlːi] ⓘ), are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency.
Capsicum annuum, commonly known as paprika, chili pepper, red pepper, sweet pepper, jalapeño, cayenne, or bell pepper, [5] is a fruiting plant from the family Solanaceae (nightshades), within the genus Capsicum which is native to the northern regions of South America and to southwestern North America.
Rosa roxburghii, (burr rose, chestnut rose, chinquapin rose or cili fruit), is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the eastern Himalayas, ...
A variety of colored bell peppers Chef chopping bell peppers. The name pepper was given by Europeans when Christopher Columbus brought the plant back to Europe. At that time, black pepper (peppercorns), from the unrelated plant Piper nigrum originating from India, was a highly prized condiment.
This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts.
Testing of the chili's Scoville rating was carried out at the University of Warwick's Crop Centre during March, 2010. [7]Both the tests for the Infinity Chili and the Naga Viper, also done at University of Warwick, were heavily criticized by respected pepper researchers; Dr. Dave DeWitt of The Chile Pepper Institute stated: "With one test, the most you can show is that a single pepper--or a ...
Dorothy Chili Bouchier (1909–1999), British actress; Chen Chi-li (1943–2007), Taiwanese gangster; Manuel Chili (1723-1796), Ecuadorian Baroque sculptor; Pierfrancesco Chili (born 1964), Italian motorcycle racer
This map shows the sites of domestication for a number of crop plants. Places, where crops were initially domesticated, are called centers of origin.. This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans.