The Carolina Reaper, originally named the HP22B, is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant. It is red and has a gnarled, lumpy pod with a tail like a scythe. In 2013, Guinness dubbed it the hottest chili in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T.
Top Definition. mulignan. -a racially offensive term for a black person (from Italian melanzana, which is an eggplant.)NOTE: there are hundreds of phonetic spellings out there; however, this is the ONLY correct Italian spelling of this word. He was accused of being a racist when he called the black man a mulignan at the bus stop.
Answer by WeirdAlbatross. Confidence votes 296. The eggplant (also called an aubergine) got its name back in 18th century Europe from the farmers who grew them, because some varieties of eggplant actually look like off-white/yellowish goose eggs.