Chile de ___ (very spicy pepper) Crossword Clue

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PEPPER (verb)
1. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
2. add pepper to
PEPPER (noun)
1. pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
2. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
CHILE (noun)
1. a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
2. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

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