Scotch bonnet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tam o'shanter.
  2. A variety of hot chilli pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense).
  3. A fairy ring mushroom (genus Marasmius).
  4. The sea snail Semicassis granulata.

Word forms

Scotch bonnet Scotch bonnets

Etymology

Of the pepper, mushroom, and snail, from the resemblance to the Scottish tam o'shanter.

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