capsaicin
— Noun
– English
~ colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno
capsicum
— Noun
– English
~ any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Capsicum
— Noun
– English
~ chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
Capsicum baccatum
— Noun
– English
~ plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers