| 单词 | cayenne pepper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCayenne pepper a. (Also called Cayenne pepper). A very pungent powder obtained from the dried and ground pods and seeds of various species of Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. frutescens, of South America; used as a condiment in cookery and as a stimulant in medicine; formerly called Guinea pepper. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of long peppereOE garden ginger1526 Guinea pepper1597 Ethiopian pepper1598 chilli1662 pimiento1671 pimento1673 piment1705 capsicum1725 cayenne1756 African pepper1788 paprika1839 Negro pepper1849 Japan pepper1866 shot-pepper1890 chilli powder1898 chile ancho1906 chile mulato1907 Aleppo pepper1920 pasilla1935 mirch1951 pepperoncino1951 shishito1975 chili pepper- 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 177 The Cayan pepper or butter of the West-Indians. 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 447 Her mouth had been so heated with Chian. 1782 European Mag. & London Rev. July 68/2 His temper hot as Kayan, taste uncouth. 1782 Schotte in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 93 Seasoned with Cayenne pepper. 1794 A. Thomas Newfoundland Jrnl. (1968) 39 The Cook was holding, at an unseasonable moment, the Saucepan of Mock Turtle to season it higher with Kian. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. iii. 141 Hideous crimes, that like Cayenne in cookery, do give a pungency and flavour, to the dull detail of history. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxxii. 89 Leavening his blood as Cayenne doth a curry. 1845 B. Upton Let. 10 Sept. in Amer. Hist. (1966) XVII. iv. 87/2 Cayenne pepper (kian) grows wild here on the prairies. < as lemmas |
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