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单词 capsicum
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capsicumn.

/ˈkapsɪkəm/
Etymology: modern Latin (Tournefort) of uncertain composition. Linnæus explained it from Greek κάπτειν ‘to bite’ (rather ‘to gulp down’); but it is generally referred to Latin capsa case, as if named from the pods. In either case the formation is etymologically irregular.
Botany.
1. A genus of tropical plants or shrubs (family Solanaceæ), characterized by their hot pungent capsules and seeds.The common annual capsicum or Guinea Pepper ( C. annuum), and Spur Pepper ( C. frutescens) produce the chillies of commerce, the chief source of Cayenne pepper. Other species are Bird Pepper ( C. baccatum), Bell Pepper ( C. grossum), Goat Pepper ( C. fruticosum), etc.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum > capsicum plants
pepper1578
capsicum1798
cherry-pepper1832
chilli1843
spur pepper1866
pimentón1885
Scotch bonnet1919
Aleppo pepper1920
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva Sow on the Hot-bed..Capsicum Indicum..and the like rare and exotic Plants.]
1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) xvi. 254 Capsicum is sometimes cultivated for its young pods to pickle.
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xii. 351 The capsicum with its red-hot berries rose in embowering masses.
2. The fruit of the capsicum; esp. the prepared fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum, an active stimulant, used chiefly as a condiment.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > capsicum
red pepper1559
pepper1578
cod-pepper1670
capsicum1725
the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of
long peppereOE
garden ginger1526
Guinea pepper1597
Ethiopian pepper1598
chilli1662
pimiento1671
pimento1673
piment1705
capsicum1725
cayenne1756
African pepper1788
paprika1839
Negro pepper1849
Japan pepper1866
shot-pepper1890
chilli powder1898
chile ancho1906
chile mulato1907
Aleppo pepper1920
pasilla1935
mirch1951
pepperoncino1951
shishito1975
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum
red pepper1559
Indian pepper1578
pepper1578
cod-pepper1670
capsicum1725
mango1948
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet The Indian Capsicum superlatively hot and burning.
1787 J. Collins in Med. Communications 2 372 The active ingredient..is the capsicum.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 425 The gangrenous disposition of the throat was only checked by capsicum.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xiii. 279 After tobacco, indigo came next in value; then capsicum.

Derivatives

ˈcapsicine n. Chemistry the active principle extracted from the capsules of capsicum.
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1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 180 Capsicin..when perfectly pure, is tasteless, inodorous, and crystallizes in acicular fragments.
1863–79 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 747 Capsicine.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 219/1 A peculiar acrid fluid called capsicin, which is so pungent that half a grain of it volatilised in a large room, causes all who respire the contained air to cough and sneeze.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 85 The name of Capsicin has been applied by different observers to the oil, to the resin, and to their combination, but should..be dropped, as having no definite meaning.
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