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Cayenne pepper

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several very hot chilli peppers. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a long and often twisted hot red pepper wordnet
  3. 3
    A powder condiment or spice formed from the dried chilli pepper varieties above. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum wordnet
  5. 5
    plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red wordnet

Etymology

From Old Tupi ky'ynha (“hot pepper”), later associated with Cayenne.

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