单词 | capsicum |
释义 | capsicumn. Botany. 1. A genus of tropical plants or shrubs (family Solanaceæ), characterized by their hot pungent capsules and seeds.The common annual capsicum or Guinea Pepper ( C. annuum), and Spur Pepper ( C. frutescens) produce the chillies of commerce, the chief source of Cayenne pepper. Other species are Bird Pepper ( C. baccatum), Bell Pepper ( C. grossum), Goat Pepper ( C. fruticosum), etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum > capsicum plants pepper1578 capsicum1798 cherry-pepper1832 chilli1843 spur pepper1866 pimentón1885 Scotch bonnet1919 Aleppo pepper1920 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva Sow on the Hot-bed..Capsicum Indicum..and the like rare and exotic Plants.] 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) xvi. 254 Capsicum is sometimes cultivated for its young pods to pickle. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xii. 351 The capsicum with its red-hot berries rose in embowering masses. 2. The fruit of the capsicum; esp. the prepared fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum, an active stimulant, used chiefly as a condiment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > capsicum red pepper1559 pepper1578 cod-pepper1670 capsicum1725 the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of long peppereOE garden ginger1526 Guinea pepper1597 Ethiopian pepper1598 chilli1662 pimiento1671 pimento1673 piment1705 capsicum1725 cayenne1756 African pepper1788 paprika1839 Negro pepper1849 Japan pepper1866 shot-pepper1890 chilli powder1898 chile ancho1906 chile mulato1907 Aleppo pepper1920 pasilla1935 mirch1951 pepperoncino1951 shishito1975 chili pepper- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum red pepper1559 Indian pepper1578 pepper1578 cod-pepper1670 capsicum1725 mango1948 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet The Indian Capsicum superlatively hot and burning. 1787 J. Collins in Med. Communications 2 372 The active ingredient..is the capsicum. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 425 The gangrenous disposition of the throat was only checked by capsicum. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xiii. 279 After tobacco, indigo came next in value; then capsicum. Derivatives ˈcapsicine n. Chemistry the active principle extracted from the capsules of capsicum. ΚΠ 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 180 Capsicin..when perfectly pure, is tasteless, inodorous, and crystallizes in acicular fragments. 1863–79 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 747 Capsicine. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 219/1 A peculiar acrid fluid called capsicin, which is so pungent that half a grain of it volatilised in a large room, causes all who respire the contained air to cough and sneeze. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 85 The name of Capsicin has been applied by different observers to the oil, to the resin, and to their combination, but should..be dropped, as having no definite meaning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1725 |
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