red pepper

noun

1

: a mature red capsicum fruit (such as a sweet pepper or hot pepper)

2

: cayenne pepper sense 1

Examples of red pepper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu includes items like crab croquettes with Ecuadorian mangrove crab meat served with sweet and spicy plantain and red pepper aioli and the traditional dish chopsué, which involves crab meat served with white or toasted rice served with fried plantains. —Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024

Choose from two of the following: Premium choice chateaubriand cut filet mignon, lump crab cakes, and Chilean sea bass cakes, whipped potatoes with rosemary, asparagus with red peppers and sea salt butter, and eight chocolate dipped strawberries. —Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1559, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

red pepper

noun

1

: a mature red sweet pepper or hot pepper

2

: cayenne