- cayenne.
- a pepper, Capsicum annuum longum, cultivated in many varieties, the yellow or red pods of which are used for flavoring, sauces, etc.
- the mild, ripe fruit of the sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, used as a vegetable.
- any of several varieties of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, cultivated for their hot pungent red podlike fruits
- the fruit of any of these plants
- the ripe red fruit of the sweet pepper
- another name for cayenne pepper
