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Guinea pepper
Guinea pepper
noun
- a variety of the pepper plant Capsicum frutescens, from which cayenne pepper is obtained
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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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