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For other uses, see Chili.
The chili pepper, chilli pepper, or more simply just
"chili", is the fruit of the plants from the genus Capsicum,
which are members of the nightshade
family, Solanaceae. Even though chilis may be
thought of as a vegetable, their culinary usage is generally as
a spice,
the part of the plant that is usually harvested is the fruit, and
botany
considers the plant a berry shrub. The name, which is spelled differently
in many regions (chili, chile, or chilli), comes from Nahuatl via the Spanish word chile.
The term chili in most of the world refers exclusively to the smaller,
hot types of capsicum. The mild larger types are called bell
pepper in the United
States, Canada (and sometimes the United Kingdom), sweet
pepper in Britain and Ireland,
capsicum
in India
and Australasia, and paprika
in many European
countries. Finally, bell peppers are often named simply by their colour
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