Chili pepper

Chili pepper is the fruit of a series of plants called Capsicum (nightshade family). Chilis are now grown all over the world, but originally, they came from Mexico. They are used as spices or as vegetables, and also have some use in medicine.

Chili peppers are completely unrelated to the Piperaceae genus, which Black pepper is from.

History

Spelling
The word "chili" is spelled differently in different countries. They can be spelled as chili, chilli, and chile. The spelling chile is not to be confused with the country called Chile.

The spelling chili is widely used in the United States"chili" from Merriam-Webster; other spellings are listed as variants, with "Chili" identified as "chiefly British" and Canada.The Canadian Oxford Dictionary lists chili as the main entry, and labels chile as a variant, and chilli as a British variant. The spelling chilli is widely used in other English-speaking countries. The spelling chile is the most common Spanish spelling in Mexico and several other Latin American countries.

References

Category:Capsicum
Category:Spices
Category:Vegetables