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capsicum

cap.si.cum \'kap-si-k*m\ n [NL, genus name] 1: any of a genu (Capsicum) of 
   tropical herbs and shrubs of the night shade family widely cultivated for 
   their many-seeded usu. fleshy-walled berries - called also pepper 2: the 
   dried ripe fruit of some capsicums (as C. frutescens) us ed as a gastric 
   and intestinal stimulant