Scotch bonnet

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(pepper, mushroom, snail): From the resemblance to the Scottish tam o'shanter.

Noun[edit]

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Scotch bonnet (plural Scotch bonnets)

  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.

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