Definition of "serrano" [serrano]

• A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small, blunt, highly pungent red or green fruit used in cooking. (noun)

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• "If the serrano is a few days old I'll use two of them."
• "Jamón serrano is a Spanish cured ham, sold in Mexico in the deli section of supermarkets."
• "Serrano seco: the serrano is dried at its reddest and ripest and its heat becomes more concentrated, making it a suitable substitute for either chile de arbol or piquín"