Guinea pepper

noun

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Origin of Guinea pepper

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Examples from the Web for guinea pepper

This is the chilli; the pepper-pods of that name, a species of capsicum; the guinea-pepper.
Mexico|Charles Reginald Enock

British Dictionary definitions for guinea pepper

Guinea pepper

noun

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

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