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capsicum

/kap-si-kuhm/US // ˈkæp sɪ kəm //UK // (ˈkæpsɪkəm) //

辣椒,帽子,椰子,帽状体

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any plant of the genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, as C. annuum, the common pepper of the garden, occurring in many varieties.
    • : the fruit of such a plant or some preparation of it, used as a condiment and intestinal stimulant.

Examples

  • Its last close brush with people occurred when a raven researcher doused the canine with capsicum.

  • This is the chilli; the pepper-pods of that name, a species of capsicum; the guinea-pepper.

  • On the eastern declivity of the Cordilleras I found no capsicum at a greater height than 4800 feet above the level of the sea.

  • It is what you would call capsicum, but it is not quite like your pepper because it is distilled from a native root.

  • This remedy, according to Peckolt, is an ethereal tincture of capsicum with alcohol and camphor.

  • Well, I'll see old Capsicum in the course of the morning, and ascertain what mules he can let me have.