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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)

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