[kahy-en, key-] 
| 1. | a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum. |
| 2. | the long, wrinkled, twisted fruit of this plant. |
| 3. | the plant itself. |
[kahy-en, key-] | 1. | a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana. 19,668. |
| 2. | (lowercase) Also called cayenne whist. a variety of whist played with two full packs of 52 cards each. |
| Cay·enne (kī-ěn', kā-) The capital of French Guiana, on Cayenne Island at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Founded by the French in 1643, it was the center of a penal colony from the 1850s until the 1940s. Population: 61,600. |