Definition of Cayenne

1. Noun. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red.


2. Noun. Ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum.

3. Noun. A long and often twisted hot red pepper.
Exact synonyms: Cayenne Pepper
Generic synonyms: Chile, Chili, Chili Pepper, Chilli, Chilly

Definition of Cayenne

1. n. Cayenne pepper.

Definition of Cayenne

1. Proper noun. The capital city of French Guiana. ¹

2. Noun. Cayenne pepper. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Cayenne, capital of French Guiana, its inhabitants, or to Cayenne Island at the mouth of the Cayenne River. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to cayenne pepper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cayenne

1. a hot seasoning [n -S] : CAYENNED [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cayenne

caw
cawed
cawing
cawings
cawk
cawker
cawkers
cawks
cawky
caws
caxixi
caxixis
caxon
caxons
cay
cayenne (current term)
cayenne jasmine
cayenne pepper
cayenne peppers
cayenned
cayennes
cayman
caymans
cays
cayuca
cayucas
cayuco
cayucos
cayuse
cayuses

Literary usage of Cayenne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1778)
"Memoirs relative to the Hillory of cayenne and of French Guiana ; containing an Account of ... the climate and foil of the ifle of cayenne, and of Guiana, ..."

2. Wanderings in South America, the North West of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1852)
"Considerably to windward of cayenne, and about twelve leagues from land, stands a stately and towering rock, called the Constable. ..."

3. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"On reaching the entrance of the little port of St. Augusi Florida, I observed more cayenne Terns together than I had eve seen. ..."

4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"... and daughters]; Ц league distance from the coast of cayenne. They are five, and called by the French Malingre, Le Père, La Mere, and Los Deux Filles, ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Of this total 12350 live at cayenne, 10100 were in the communes, 5700 formed the ... Apart from cayenne, which was rebuilt after the great fire of 1888, ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"cayenne Woodpecker (P. Cayanensis.) Qm. Enl. 613. Olive striped, with black ; beneath, ... cayenne. Rayed Woodpecker. (P. Striatus.) Gm. Enl. 281 and 614. ..."

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