red pepper (redirected from red peppers)

red pepper

n.

1. The pungent, red, podlike fruit of any of several cultivars of the pepper plants, Capsicum frutescens and C. annum.

2. See cayenne pepper.

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red pepper

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several varieties of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, cultivated for their hot pungent red podlike fruits

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of any of these plants

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the ripe red fruit of the sweet pepper

4. (Cookery) another name for cayenne pepper

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red pepper - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum cayenne, cayenne pepper flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
	2.	red pepper - very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small tabasco hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits Tabasco sauce, Tabasco - very spicy sauce (trade name Tabasco) made from fully-aged red peppers 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

Translations

red pepper n (capsicum) → peperone m; (cayenne pepper) → peperoncino rosso

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red pepper n (capsicum) → peperone m; (cayenne pepper) → peperoncino rosso