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Guinea pepper

Guinea pepper

noun

  1. a variety of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, from which cayenne pepper is obtained
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Guinea pepper1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

This is the chilli; the pepper-pods of that name, a species of capsicum; the guinea-pepper.

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