ghost pepper
nounEtymology Calque of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”). The first element ভোট (bhüt, “Bhutanese”) was mistakenly confused for the near-homonym ভূত (bhut, “ghost”), thus producing the English (mis-)translation "ghost pepper".
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Synonym of bhut jolokia.
- I buy a puree of ghost peppers from Dave's Gourmet, the makers of Dave's Insanity Sauce […]2012, Kevin Gillespie, David Joachim, Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking, page 241: