Scotch bonnet
Meanings
noun
- A tam o'shanter.
- A variety of hot chilli pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense).
- A fairy ring mushroom (genus Marasmius).
- The sea snail Semicassis granulata.
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Etymology
Of the pepper, mushroom, and snail, from the resemblance to the Scottish tam o'shanter.
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