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Definition of cayenne noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cayenne

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