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Webster 1913 Edition


Capsicum

Cap′si-cum

(kăp′sĭ-kŭm)
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Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
capsa
box, chest.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.

Webster 1828 Edition


Capsicum

CAPSICUM

,
Noun.
Guinea pepper.

Definition 2024


Capsicum

capsicum

capsicum

See also: Capsicum

English

Capsicum frutescens

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Noun

capsicum (plural capsicums or capsica)

  1. Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
  2. The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell peppers.

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