datil
datil noun: a datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
Noun (1)
datil (plural datils)
- A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
- The first Datil was probably brought to the United States from the West Indies during either the British period or the second Spanish occupation of East Florida (1784–1821).[…] The word “Dátil” refers to the fruit of the date palm, both in Spanish and in the language of the Minorcans who named the...1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, page 127
- No one knows if the colonists brought datil peppers with them.[…] More than likely the Minorcans did give the incendiary peppers their name, for the green to gold pods somewhat resemble dates, a linkage cemented by the knowledge that datil is the word for the fruit of the date palm in both the...2007, John Edge, Southern Belly, page 67
Noun (2)
datil (countable and uncountable, plural datils)
- The queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, or its leaf fibers used for weaving.
- Mexican yucca or its leaf fibers.
Forms of datil
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Origin of datil
Uncertain. Perhaps from Catalan dàtil or Spanish dátil (“date”); see quotes below.
From American Spanish dátil (“date”), from Catalan dàtil. Doublet of dactyl, dactylus, and date.
Words formed from datil
Phrases with datil
Questions about datil
- What does datil mean?
- Datil means a datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
- What part of speech is datil?
- Datil is a noun.
- What is the plural of datil?
- The plural of datil is datils.
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