1. 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.