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jalapeno

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jalapeno is the alternative spelling of jalapeño.

Meaning of jalapeño

Noun

jalapeño (plural jalapeños)

  1. A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.
    • For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican cuisine sometimes include fruits like peach, mango or pineapple, balancing hot peppers like habanero or jalapeño with their sweetness.2024 June 6, Brooke Younger, “What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?”, in Cozymeal, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2025

Forms of jalapeno

pluraljalapenos

Origin of jalapeno

Borrowed from Spanish jalapeño.

Words formed from jalapeno

Questions about jalapeno

What is jalapeno the alternative spelling of?
Jalapeno is the alternative spelling of jalapeño.

Words near jalapeno in the dictionary

  1. jalap
  2. jalapa
  3. jalapas
  4. jalapate
  5. jalapates
  6. jalapeno
  7. jalapenoes
  8. jalapenorita
  9. jalapenoritas
  10. jalapenos
  11. jalapenotini

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jalapeno (page history and authors); jalapeño (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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