cayenne
noun/keɪˈen/
/kaɪˈen/
(also cayenne pepper)
[uncountable]- a type of red pepper used in cooking to give a hot, spicy taste to foodWord Originearly 18th cent.: from Tupi-Guarani kyynha, quiynha, later associated with Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana.
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