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shishito

shishito noun: a sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.

shishito: a sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum
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Noun

shishito (plural shishitos)

  1. A sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.

Forms of shishito

pluralshishitos

Origin of shishito

Borrowed from Japanese 獅子唐 (shishitō).

Questions about shishito

What does shishito mean?
Shishito means a sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.
What part of speech is shishito?
Shishito is a noun.
What is the plural of shishito?
The plural of shishito is shishitos.

Words near shishito in the dictionary

  1. shishes
  2. Shishido
  3. Shishidos
  4. shishing
  5. Shishir
  6. shishito
  7. shishitos
  8. shishkabob
  9. shishkabobs
  10. shishkebab
  11. shishkebabs

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