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ghost chili pepper

noun

Etymology

From ghost + chili pepper. Calque of Assamese ভূত-জলকীয়া (bhut-zolokia, “Ghost chili”), based on a misunderstanding of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”).

  1. derived from ভোট-জলকীয়া

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bhut jolokia.

The neighborhood

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