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CAPSICUM PEPPER PLANT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Synonyms:
capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("capsicum pepper plant" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "capsicum pepper plant"):
pepper (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)
Meronyms (substance of "capsicum pepper plant"):
capsaicin (colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capsicum pepper plant"):
Capsicum annuum conoides; cone pepper (plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental)
Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)
bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant (plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers)
Capsicum annuum cerasiforme; cherry pepper (plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits)
bird pepper; Capsicum baccatum; Capsicum frutescens baccatum (plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers)
Capsicum frutescens; hot pepper; tabasco pepper; tabasco plant (plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce)
Holonyms ("capsicum pepper plant" is a member of...):
Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)
