Plural of cayenne; cayenne peppers or references to the pepper, spice, or place.
Plural form of cayenne, from Cayenne, French Guiana. The '-s' ending follows standard English pluralization for nouns referring to countable peppers or spice batches.
When cooks say 'add cayennes,' they're literally naming peppers after a city in South America—every time you use this spice, you're referencing colonial trade routes!
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