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Cayenne \Cay*enne\, n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in
French Guiana, South America.]
Cayenne pepper.
[1913 Webster]
Cayenne pepper.
(a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (Capsicum frutescens)
with small and intensely pungent fruit.
(b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the
fruits or seeds of several species of the genus
Capsicum, esp. Capsicum annuum and Capsicum
Frutescens; -- called also red pepper. It is used
chiefly as a condiment.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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cayenne noun
1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;
usually red [syn: cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli
pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum
longum]
2: ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus
Capsicum [syn: cayenne pepper, red pepper]
3: a long and often twisted hot red pepper [syn: cayenne
pepper]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Cayenne \Cay*enne\, n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in
French Guiana, South America.]
Cayenne pepper.
Cayenne pepper.
(a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (C. frutescens) with
small and intensely pungent fruit.
(b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the
fruits or seeds of several species of the genus
Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; --
called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a
condiment.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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