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Scoville unit

Scoville unit is the ellipsis 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

Forms of Scoville unit

pluralScoville units

Questions about Scoville unit

What is Scoville unit the ellipsis of?
Scoville unit is the ellipsis of Scoville heat unit.

Words near Scoville unit in the dictionary

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

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