Capsicum
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Word Origin
- capsicum
- capsicum: see case
- Capsicum (n.)
- genus of pepper plants, 1660s, of unknown origin, a word said to have been chosen by French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708); perhaps irregularly formed from Latin capsa "box" (see case (n.2)).