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Webster 1913 Edition
Capsicum
Cap′si-cum
(kăp′sĭ-kŭm)
, 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.
Definition 2024
Capsicum
Capsicum
See also: capsicum
Translingual
Proper noun
Capsicum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – various peppers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Solanaceae - family; Solanoideae - subfamily; Capsiceae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Capsicum annuum (bell pepper, paprika, pimento etc), Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum buforum, Capsicum caballeroi, Capsicum campylopodium, Capsicum cardenasii, Capsicum ceratocalyx, Capsicum chacoense, Capsicum chinense (habanero etc), Capsicum coccineum, Capsicum cornutum, Capsicum dimorphum, Capsicum dusenii, Capsicum eximium, Capsicum flexuosum, Capsicum friburgense, Capsicum galapagoense, Capsicum geminifolium, Capsicum havanense, Capsicum hookerianum, Capsicum hunzikerianum, Capsicum lanceolatum, Capsicum leptopodum, Capsicum lycianthoides, Capsicum minutiflorum, Capsicum mirabile, Capsicum mositicum, Capsicum parvifolium, Capsicum pereirae, Capsicum pubescens, Capsicum ramosissimum, Capsicum recurvatum, Capsicum rhomboideum, Capsicum schottianum, Capsicum scolnikianum, Capsicum sinense, Capsicum spina-alba, Capsicum stramoniifolium, Capsicum tovarii, Capsicum villosum (species)
- Capsicum frutescens (cayenne etc.; possibly = C. annuum) (species, placement disputed)
capsicum
capsicum
See also: Capsicum
English
Noun
capsicum (plural capsicums or capsica)
- Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
- The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell peppers.
Hyponyms
- (plants): cayenne pepper, paprika
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
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fruit of these plants
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