cayenne pepper
noun
- an orange-red to dark red condiment consisting of the ground ripe fruits of any of several pungent varieties of capsicum
- hot pepper, especially: any of several cultivated peppers of a variety (Capsicum annuum var. longum) with very long twisted pungent red fruits
- the fruit of a cayenne pepper
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From Old Tupi ky'ynha (“hot pepper”), later associated with Cayenne.
- Any of several very hot chilli peppers.
- A powder condiment or spice formed from the dried chilli pepper varieties above.