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.
Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); .
Another name for red/green/yellow bell peppers.
The family name for sweet and hot peppers.
Belonging to the nightshade family, there are two categories of capsicums: chiles and sweet peppers.
The generic name for the pepper family which includes the large, sweet, mild peppers (red, green and yellow) as well as any of the hundreds of hot chilli peppers. Capsaicin is the chemical compound in chillies that gives them their heat and fieriness.
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Also known as: Green, Yellow and ed pepper. A shiny green, red or yellow vegetable with crisp flesh. There are hundreds of different types of capsicum that range in shape, size and flavour.
The species of chile that includes the bell pepper and other heatless varieties. In India and Pakistan capsicum is commonly called “Shimla Mirch.
Is the active ingedient in cayene pepper. It was considered helpful by herbalists for various conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, including stomach aches, cramping pains, and wind. It was frequently used to treat diseases of the circulatory system. It is still traditionally used in herbal medicine as a circulatory tonic (a substance believed to improve circulation). Rubbed on the skin, cayenne is a traditional, as well as modern, remedy for rheumatic pains and arthritis due to what is termed a counterirritant effect. A counterirritant is something that causes irritation to a tissue to which it is applied, thus distracting from the original irritation (such as joint pain in the case of arthritis).
A large fleshy pepper with a sweet/mild flavour. Can be orange, red, yellow, green or black. Also known as Bell Pepper.
refers to a bell or green pepper.
This is the generic name for the pepper family, which...
Capsicum is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Some of the members of Capsicum are used as spices, vegetables, and medicines. The fruit of Capsicum plants have a variety of names depending on place and type.