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Cayenne

//kaɪˈɛn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of French Guiana department.
Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of cayenne pepper. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "What's the difference between a cayenne and a jalapeno?"

  2. 2
    a long and often twisted hot red pepper wordnet
  3. 3
    Spice or verve. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "We speak ill of our neighbours, not from ill-nature, but idleness; satire is only the cayenne of conversation:..."

  4. 4
    ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum wordnet
  5. 5
    A strong red-orange colour, like the cayenne pepper. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red wordnet

Etymology

From French Cayenne, a form of Guyana. But said by the French to be from French cayenne (“naval barracks, shore kitchen”).

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