Definition of Genus capsicum

1. Noun. Chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Capsicum

genus Candida
genus Canella
genus Canis
genus Canna
genus Cannabis
genus Cantharellus
genus Capella
genus Capparis
genus Capra
genus Caprella
genus Capreolus
genus Capricornis
genus Caprimulgus
genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx
genus Carcharhinus
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama

Literary usage of Genus capsicum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields ...by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"Chili Peppers Chili peppers are perennial shrubs of the genus Capsicum. ... The genus Capsicum is of the family Solanaceae, which includes the tomato, ..."

2. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States: Annotated for Statistical ...edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun (2006)
"However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum (peppers) or of the genus Pimenta (eg, allspice) are excluded from this chapter (heading ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1902)
"An interesting account of chillies and capsicums, embracing the botanical study of the genus capsicum, the history and anatomy of the fruits, ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum have all a strong, pungent flavour. The capsicums bear a greenish while flower, with a star-shaped corolla and ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... of the genus Capsicum have all a strong, pungent flavour. Tbe capsicums bear a greenish white flower, with a star-shaped corolla and five anthers ..."

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