CAYENNE


Meaning of CAYENNE in English

— cayenned , adj.

/kuy en", kay-/ , n.

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 .

[ 1750-60; short for cayenne pepper, formerly cayan kyinha, but long associated with CAYENNE ]

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