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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cayenne n 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}]
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