"cayenne" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kaɪˈɛn/, /keɪˈɛn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cayenne.wav Forms: cayennes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cayenne (countable and uncountable, plural cayennes)
  1. Ellipsis of cayenne pepper. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: cayenne pepper Categories (lifeform): Peppers
    Sense id: en-cayenne-en-noun-w7i~JQiw Disambiguation of Peppers: 64 2 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 25 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 5 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 6 7 17 22
  2. spice in a figurative sense. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cayenne-en-noun-fBQ2oh5i
  3. A strong red-orange colour, like the cayenne pepper. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cayenne-en-noun-kO8mQN9M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cayenned

Inflected forms

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