chile

2 definitions found

chile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chili \Chil"i\, n. [Sp. chili, chile.]
     A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [Written also chilli
     and chile.]
     [1913 Webster]

chile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chile
      n 1: a republic in southern South America on the western slopes
           of the Andes on the south Pacific coast [syn: Chile,
           Republic of Chile]
      2: very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency [syn:
         chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, chile]