jalapeno

< /ˌhɑ ləˈpeɪn yoʊz; Spanish ˌhɑ lɑˈpɛ nyɔs/.

1. a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used especially in Mexican cooking.

noun

1. a very hot type of green chilli pepper, used esp in Mexican cookeryAlso: jalapeño pepper

n.

type of pepper, by 1957, literally “of Jalapa,” from Mexican Spanish Jalapa, place in Mexico, from Aztec Xalapan, literally “sand by the water,” from xalli “sand” + atl “water” + -pan “place.”