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Definition of Chiltepin
1. Noun. A wild chile pepper, ''Capsicum annuum'', found in Mexico and the southwestern US. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiltepin
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiltepin
Literary usage of Chiltepin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Resources, Soil, and Climate of Texas by A. W. Spaight (1882)
"The Nueces and Aransas rivers and chiltepin creek are large, perpetual streams,
and the first named is navigable for small craft for about twenty miles. ..."
2. The Miller's Holiday: Short Stories from the Northwestern Miller by Randolph Edgar, Edward Everett Hale, Charles Fletcher Lummis, James Lane Allen, O. Henry, Howard Pyle, Octave Thanet, Robert Barr, Hamlin Garland, Frank Richard Stockton, Press of the Northwestern Miller (1920)
"Chile itself—the native red pepper of Mexico—is commonly rated as reasonably
warm; but the chiltepin is sheer arson ! That Aztec wit was not so slow, ..."
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