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Definition of Capsicum
1. Noun. Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers.
Terms within: Pepper
Group relationships: Genus Capsicum
Specialized synonyms: Capsicum Annuum Conoides, Cone Pepper, Capsicum Annuum Longum, Cayenne, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Chilli Pepper, Jalapeno, Long Pepper, Bell Pepper, Capsicum Annuum Grossum, Paprika, Pimento, Pimiento, Sweet Pepper, Sweet Pepper Plant, Capsicum Annuum Cerasiforme, Cherry Pepper, Bird Pepper, Capsicum Baccatum, Capsicum Frutescens Baccatum, Capsicum Frutescens, Hot Pepper, Tabasco Pepper, Tabasco Plant
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Terms within: Capsaicin
2. Noun. Chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Capsicum Pepper Plant, Pepper, Capsicum Annuum Conoides, Cone Pepper, Capsicum Annuum Longum, Cayenne, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Chilli Pepper, Jalapeno, Long Pepper, Bell Pepper, Capsicum Annuum Grossum, Paprika, Pimento, Pimiento, Sweet Pepper, Sweet Pepper Plant, Capsicum Annuum Cerasiforme, Cherry Pepper, Bird Pepper, Capsicum Baccatum, Capsicum Frutescens Baccatum, Capsicum Frutescens, Hot Pepper, Tabasco Pepper, Tabasco Plant
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
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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