Guajillo Definition

gwä-hēyō, gwə-
guajillos
noun
A variety of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having a deep reddish-orange fruit that is mildly to moderately hot.
American Heritage
The fruit of this plant.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Guajillo

Noun

Singular:
guajillo
Plural:
guajillos

Origin of Guajillo

  • Mexican Spanish from diminutive of guaje any of several tropical Mexican leguminous trees of the genus Leucaena that bear edible seedpods (the chili being so called because its fruits resemble these seedpods) from Nahuatl huāxin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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