red pepper
noun
a pepper, Capsicum annuum longum, cultivated in many varieties, the yellow or red pods of which are used for flavoring, sauces, etc.
the mild, ripe fruit of the sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, used as a vegetable.
Origin of red pepper
First recorded in 1585–95
Words nearby red pepper
red oak,
red ocher,
red ochre,
red osier,
red packet,
red pepper,
red pine,
red planet,
red poll,
red pulp,
red rag
Example sentences from the Web for red pepper
It is a sedative for grief resembling a handful of red-pepper thrown into inflamed eyes.
Then the hare clapped on the red-pepper plaster, and ran away, while the badger rolled in pain.
Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 |VariousWill throw his red-pepper dust into the eyes of any that come out.
The Entailed Hat |George Alfred TownsendMix cooked cauliflower flowerets with Mayonnaise and serve in red-pepper shells on lettuce with Mayonnaise on top.
The Myrtle Reed Cook Book |Myrtle Reed
British Dictionary definitions for red pepper
red pepper
noun
any of several varieties of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, cultivated for their hot pungent red podlike fruits
the fruit of any of these plants
the ripe red fruit of the sweet pepper
another name for cayenne pepper