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capsicum
noun
- any of a genus (Capsicum) of pepper plants of the nightshade family, with fleshy, usually red pods, including the hot peppers (Tabasco, bird, chili, cayenne) and the sweet peppers (bell)
- these pods variously prepared as condiments or, in medicine, as a gastric stimulant
See capsicum in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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