cayenne pepper

n 1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;

usually red [syn: {cayenne}, {chili pepper}, {chilli

pepper}, {long pepper}, {jalapeno}, {Capsicum annuum

longum}]

2: ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus

Capsicum [syn: {cayenne}, {red pepper}]

3: a long and often twisted hot red pepper [syn: {cayenne}]