Thesaurus: cayenne

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1. n. Cayenne pepper.
2. n. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
3. n. ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
4. n. a long and often twisted hot red pepper
5. Cayenne pepper. Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species of capsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; -- Called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment.
6. Cayenne pepper. Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species ofcapsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b)A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seedsof several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C.Frutescens; -- Called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as acondiment.
7. n:100 n. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red n. ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum n. a long and often twisted hot red pepper