English > genus Capsicum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers. |
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| Synonym | Capsicum |
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| Member of | Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family | large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous |
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| Members | bird pepper, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum | plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits |
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| capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant | Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers |
| cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers |
| cherry pepper, Capsicum annuum cerasiforme | plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits |
| cone pepper, Capsicum annuum conoides | plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits |
| sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum | plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits |
| tabasco pepper, hot pepper, tabasco plant, Capsicum frutescens | plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | genus capsicum |
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| Catalan | genus capsicum |
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