Definition of Capsicum

1. Noun. Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers.


2. Noun. Chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers.

Definition of Capsicum

1. n. 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.

Definition of Capsicum

1. Noun. Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus ''Capsicum'', that are cultivated as edible peppers, known as ‘pepper’ since the 16th century but botanically completely distinct and from another continent; various names are used for one or more species, e.g. Cayenne or Guinea pepper, Jamaica pepper, paprika. ¹

2. Noun. The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell peppers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Capsicum

1. a tropical herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Capsicum

1. A genus of solanaceous shrubs that yield capsaicin. Several varieties have sweet or pungent edible fruits that are used as vegetables when fresh and spices when the pods are dried. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capsicum

caps off
capsaicin
capsaicinoid
capsaicinoids
capsaicins
capsanthin
capsanthin-capsorubin synthase
capscrew
capscrews
capsful
capsheaf
capsicin
capsicine
capsicins
capsicol
capsicum (current term)
capsicum pepper plant
capsicum spray
capsicums
capsid
capsidal
capsids
capsizable
capsizal
capsizals
capsize
capsized
capsizer
capsizers
capsizes

Literary usage of Capsicum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1886)
"capsicum. capsicum irritates and inflames the skin, producing redness, a sensation of warmth or burning, and even vesication, but its preparations are ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"Treatment of Delirium Tremens by capsicum.—A case of delirium tremens treated by Dr. LYONS with capsicum, is related in the Dublin Aled. ..."

3. Manual of therapeutics: Referring Especially to the Products of the by Davis & Company Parke, Parke, Davis & Company (1909)
"capsicum, 1-2 gr. Throat Pastilles: A valuable combination of Coltsfoot, ... For Tincture capsicum and Myrrh, NP Fluid capsicum and Myrrh (P., D. & Co. ..."

4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"This, the large red capsicum, grows all over India by sowing the seed broad-cast, ... This is the most acrid and pungent of the species capsicum.—Linn. ..."

5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1879)
"It must be owing to its stimulating and derivative effects that capsicum is of ... It will be noted that capsicum acted in many ways in common in both the ..."

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