From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chili \Chil"i\, noun [Sp. chili, chile.] A kind of red pepper. See {Capsicum} [Written also {chilli} and {chile}.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Chile
noun
1: a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast [syn: {Republic of Chile}]
2: very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency [syn: {chili}, {chili pepper}, {chilli}, {chilly}]
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