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Cayenne Pepper

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What does Cayenne Pepper mean?

noun

  1. Any of several very hot chilli peppers.
  2. A powder condiment or spice formed from the dried chilli pepper varieties above.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of cayenne pepper

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In order to have any sort of offensive taste, it was necessary to add cayenne pepper and a little gentian.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
Before the boy came I had mistaken some faded cayenne pepper for ginger, and had made a cake with it.
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755
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“Well, I hope you left some suitable excuse,” said her husband, somewhat appeased, as he added a dash of cayenne pepper to the soup.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
Its taste is biting, worse than Cayenne pepper.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422