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Scoville heat units

Scoville heat units is the plural of Scoville heat unit.

Meaning of Scoville heat unit

Noun

Scoville heat unit (plural Scoville heat units)

  1. The unit in which the Scoville scale is measured.
    • There is the Ghost Chili (Bhut Jolokia) which sits at a scorching 1,001,304 Scoville heat units.2013, Mike Lee, Vegan Mexican Food For Chowhounds!, page i

Questions about Scoville heat units

What is Scoville heat units the plural of?
Scoville heat units is the plural of Scoville heat unit.

Words near Scoville heat units in the dictionary

  1. scoves
  2. Scovil
  3. Scovill
  4. Scoville
  5. Scoville heat unit
  6. Scoville heat units
  7. Scoville scale
  8. Scoville unit
  9. Scoville units
  10. Scovilles
  11. Scovills

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