cayenne pepper

Questions about cayenne pepper

What does cayenne pepper mean?

cayenne pepper means "plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cayenne pepper?

Close synonyms include cayenne, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cayenne pepper a common word?

cayenne pepper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.