cayenne pepper

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  1. noun An orange-red to dark red condiment consisting of the ground ripe fruits of any of several pungent varieties of capsicum. Also called red pepper.

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  1. Alteration (by folk etymology from Cayenne ) of kian, chian, from Tupi quiínia, hot pepper.
 

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