plant with a red and many-seeded fruit; ground fruit or seeds of this plant used for seasoning
Red peppers are peppers which are sweet-tasting and can be used in cooking or eaten raw in salads
A hot red pepper powder made chiefly from the dried ripe pepper Caspsicum frutescens While very hot to most people, it is not as hot as chili pepper, which is sometimes sold as cayenne Also called "cayenne "
[ 'red ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English rEad; akin to Old High German rOt red, Latin ruber & rufus, Greek erythros.