RED PEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red pepper mean? 

• RED PEPPER (noun)
  The noun RED PEPPER has 2 senses:

1. ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum

2. very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small

  Familiarity information: RED PEPPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED PEPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cayenne; cayenne pepper; red pepper

Hypernyms ("red pepper" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("red pepper" is a substance of...):

Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

red pepper; tabasco

Hypernyms ("red pepper" is a kind of...):

hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)

Holonyms ("red pepper" is a part of...):

Capsicum frutescens; hot pepper; tabasco pepper; tabasco plant (plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce)

Holonyms ("red pepper" is a substance of...):

Tabasco; Tabasco sauce (very spicy sauce (trade name Tabasco) made from fully-aged red peppers)

 Context examples 

I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A component of certain plants, including cayenne and red pepper, used topically for peripheral nerve pain.

(Capsaicin, NCI Dictionary)

I dined on what they called "robber steak"—bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks and roasted over the fire, in the simple style of the London cat's meat!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)