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RED PEPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small
Synonyms:
red pepper; tabasco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
Synonyms:
cayenne; cayenne pepper; red pepper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
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)
