cascabel
Various cultivars of Capsicum annuum, the cascabel chili pepper.
Meaning
Noun
- A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry.
- A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun barrel, to which ropes are attached in order to control recoil.
- A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.
Related
Similar words
- chile bola, bola chile, rattle chile, coban
- jingle bell
Origin
- From Spanish cascabel ("bell, rattle").
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