chiltepin
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chil·te·pin
also chil·te·pine (chĭl′tə-pēn′)n.
1. A variety of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a small, red, berrylike fruit that is extremely hot.
2. The fruit of this plant. In both senses also called bird pepper.
[American Spanish chiltepín, from Nahuatl chīltecpin : chīlli, chili pepper + tecpin, tecpintli, flea.]
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chiltepin
(ˌtʃɪlteɪˈpiːn)n
(Plants) a variety of chilli pepper, Capsicum annuum, growing wild in Mexico and the south-western United States
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