释义 |
cayenne pepper noun Usage: sometimes capitalized C Etymology: alteration (influenced by Cayenne, city and island in French Guiana) of earlier cayan, chian, kayan, modification of Tupi kyinha, quiynha 1. : a very hot and pungent powder made by drying and grinding the whole fruits or the seeds of several hot peppers (as the long pepper) 2. : hot pepper 2; often : any of several cultivated peppers derived from one variety (Capsicum frutescens longum) and characterized by very long twisted pungent red fruits 3. : the fruit of a cayenne pepper |