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cay·enne

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–noun

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.

Also called cayenne pepper.

[Origin: 1750–60; short for cayenne pepper, formerly cayan < Tupi kyinha, but long associated with Cayenne

]

—Related forms

cay·enned, adjective

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Cay·enne

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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.

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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.

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cayenne

1756, from Tupi (Brazil) kyynha, mistakenly associated with town of Cayenne in Fr. Guyana.

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cayenne
noun
1.	plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
2.	ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
3.	a long and often twisted hot red pepper

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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.

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