cayenne : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cayenne	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cayenne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cayenne n plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red Synonym(s): cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum Synonym(s): cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper a long and often twisted hot red pepper Synonym(s): cayenne, cayenne pepper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cayenne \Cayenne\, 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.