arbol chile

noun

ar·​bol chile ˈär-bōl- 

variants or árbol chile or arbol chili or árbol chili

food

: chile de árbol

In preparing the dish, a puree of arbol chiles—a type of dried chile widely available at specialty food stores and ethnic markets—is seared into the white-fleshed fish.

—Michael Bauer, The San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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