cayenne

[ kahy-en, key-, kahy-en ]

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.

  1. the plant itself.

Origin of cayenne

1
1750–60; short for cayenne pepper, formerly cayan<Tupi kyinha, but long associated with Cayenne
  • Also called cay·enne pep·per [kahy-en-pep-er, key-, kahy-en] /kaɪˈɛn ˈpɛp ər, keɪ-, ˈkaɪˌɛn/ .

Other words from cayenne

  • cay·enned, adjective

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Other definitions for Cayenne (2 of 2)

Cayenne
[ kahy-en, key- ]

noun
  1. a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.

  2. (lowercase)Also called cay·enne whist . a variety of whist played with two full packs of 52 cards each.

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British Dictionary definitions for Cayenne

Cayenne

/ (keɪˈɛn) /


noun
  1. the capital of French Guiana, on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River: French penal settlement from 1854 to 1938. Pop: 50 594 (1999)

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