noun
- a small, extremely hot wild chili pepper native to Mexico and the southwestern United States
Usage: also spelled chiltepin or chile tepin; regional, primarily used in southwestern U.S. and Mexican cuisine
Examples
- The chiltepine is one of the hottest peppers you can find in the wild.
- She added dried chiltepines to her salsa for an intense kick of heat.
- Chiltepines grow naturally in the Sonoran Desert region.
- The small red chiltepine peppers are prized by chefs for their fruity flavor and extreme spiciness.
- Local foragers still harvest wild chiltepines from the desert landscape.