Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital of French Guiana, in the northeast part at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Founded by the French (1643), it was the center of a penal colony from the 1850s until the 1940s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To season with Cayenne pepper.
- noun Same as
Cayenne pepper (which see, underpepper .) - noun A card turned up in cayenne whist to determine the rank of the suits, but not as a trump.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cayenne pepper.
- noun (Bot.) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp.
Capsicum annuum andCapsicum Frutescens ; -- called alsored pepper . It is used chiefly as a condiment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
capital city ofFrench Guiana .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
- noun ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
- noun a long and often twisted hot red pepper
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The hybrid Cayenne S will cost significantly more than the standard $60,215 Cayenne S.
Automotive News Blog at CARandDRIVER.com - Car News Resource 2009
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The hybrid Cayenne S will cost significantly more than the standard $60,215 Cayenne S.
Automotive News Blog at CARandDRIVER.com - Car News Resource 2009
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Yes my birth colour in Cayenne and I can say that definitely is not my favourite colour.
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The variety known as the Smooth Cayenne is grown in the Papaloapan region and the Creole variety on the coast.
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The variety known as the Smooth Cayenne is grown in the Papaloapan region and the Creole variety on the coast.
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Porsche's long-awaited SUV, the Cayenne, is stylistically miles ahead of the urban tanks on the road today.
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Entrusted by Louis XIV with a most extensive mission and jurisdiction over all the French possessions in the New World, he first redeemed Cayenne from the Dutch, restored order to the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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"Although the route to Cayenne is shorter and will end my journey sooner, by diverting my route to the north and continuing a track to Georgetown, the seas should be less aggressive and, weather permitting, my hope is that it will allow me to conclude my journey as I have conducted it: Solo!" she wrote.
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"Although the route to Cayenne is shorter and will end my journey sooner, by diverting my route to the north and continuing a track to Georgetown, the seas should be less aggressive and, weather permitting, my hope is that it will allow me to conclude my journey as I have conducted it: Solo!" she wrote.
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Porsche's SUV, known as the Cayenne, has been a hit since its launch in 2002.
Bentley Mulls Its Own SUV Christoph Rauwald 2012
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