cone pepper
- noun
- /koʊn ˈpɛpər/
- The gardener planted a row of cone peppers for their vibrant color and spicy flavor.
Examples
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The recipe called for a finely chopped cone pepper to add heat to the dish.
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I bought some cone peppers at the farmer's market.
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She decorated her kitchen window with pots of ornamental cone pepper plants.
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The cone pepper adds flavor to many dishes.
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She decorated her kitchen window with pots of ornamental cone pepper plants.
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The gardener planted a row of cone peppers for their vibrant color.
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The recipe called for a finely chopped cone pepper to add spice to the dish.
Synonyms
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2.0
A spicy red or green pepper used to add heat to food
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A plant that produces vegetables like bell peppers and chili peppers
A pepper plant with upright cone-shaped hot peppers grown for food or decoration
A tropical plant that grows peppers used in cooking or as spice
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun–noun compound 'cone pepper' transparently denotes a pepper whose fruits are cone-shaped: the meaning is directly inferable from 'cone' (conical shape) + 'pepper' (Capsicum). This descriptive, compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, so an average B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun cone pepper comes from the fruit's shape: small pepper fruits that point up and look like a cone, often bright in color and grown in pots. So the name simply tells you it is a pepper that looks like a cone and is used for a little 'spice' or as a 'decorative' plant.