Serrano Definition
sə-ränō
serranos
noun
A kind of long, slender, very hot chili usually cooked while still green, used esp. in Mexican cooking.
Webster's New World
A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small highly pungent red or green fruit.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Serrano
Noun
Singular:
serrano
Plural:
serranosOrigin of Serrano
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From Spanish serrano (“mountainous"), because it originated in the sierras (“mountains") of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo.
From Wiktionary
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American Spanish from Spanish from the mountains from sierra mountain range sierra
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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