Cayenne
[keɪ'en] or [ke'ɛn]
Definition
(noun.) a long and often twisted hot red pepper.
(noun.) ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum.
(noun.) plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red.
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Definition
(n.) Cayenne pepper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Capsicum, red pepper, Cayenne pepper.
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Definition
n. a very pungent red pepper made from several species of capsicum.—adj. Cayenned′ seasoned with cayenne.
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Examples
- Do you put cayenne into your cream-tarts in India, sir? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Have some cayenne-pepper with your fowl. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He kept Macmurdo in cigars and sent over quantities of shells, cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce to Lady Jane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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