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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red [syn: cayenne, 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, cayenne pepper, red pepper]
3: a long and often twisted hot red pepper [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1773 cayenne pepper

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city & port capital of French Guiana on island in Cayenne River near the coast population 37,097

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in full cayenne pepper) a pungent red powder obtained from various plants of the genus Capsicum and used for seasoning. Etymology: Tupi kyynha assim. to Cayenne capital of French Guiana

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.