Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin. (Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy, but all true chili peppers contain some capsaicin, in contrast to e.g. the bell pepper, which is not a true chili pepper and does not.)
Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
A variety of the spice.
A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.