chiltepin

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English

dried chiltepin fruit

Etymology

From Nahuatl; the first element is chilli (pepper), the second is tecpin (flea).

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Noun

chiltepin (plural chiltepins)

  1. A wild chile pepper variety, Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, found in Mexico and the southwestern US.

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