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| 1. | any plant of the genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, as C. annuum, the common pepper of the garden, occurring in many varieties. |
| 2. | the fruit of such a plant or some preparation of it, used as a condiment and intestinal stimulant. |
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[New Latin Capsicum, genus name, perhaps from Latin capsa, box (from its podlike fruit).] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| capsicum | |
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| 1. | any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers |
| 2. | chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers [syn: genus Capsicum] |
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Cap*sa"i*cin\, n. [From Capsicum.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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