noun
- a hot red pepper used as a spice, or the powder made from it
Examples
- Add a pinch of cayenne to the soup for extra heat.
- The recipe calls for half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
- She sprinkled cayenne over the roasted vegetables.
- The sauce was too spicy because I used too much cayenne.
- Cayenne is commonly used in Cajun cooking.
- The chef warned that the dish contained cayenne pepper.