Definition of "red pepper" []

• The pungent, red, podlike fruit of any of several cultivars of the pepper plants, Capsicum frutescens and C. annum. (noun)
• See cayenne pepper. (noun)

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• "Olive You: Re-dress your favorite kind by draining them, adding your own olive oil and remarinating them with a novel flavor—lemon or orange peel, red pepper flakes on the big green Sicilians, snipped rosemary, thyme, tarragon on the black Moroccans."
• "An enchilada is a tortilla into which is rolled a mixture of meat or beans and seasoned with a sauce made of chili, a hot red pepper the chil in enchilada."
• "Seasonings such as oregano, red pepper flakes, or prepared"