Capsicum, the Glossary
Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit.[1]
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172 relations: 'Nduja, Abiotic stress, Aerosol, Agriculture, Agriculture in Mesoamerica, Ajvar, American Chinese cuisine, American English, Americas, Analgesic, Anglo-Indian cuisine, Australian English, Aztecs, Banana pepper, Bangladesh, Basilicata, Bell pepper, Berbere, Berry, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Bird's eye chili, Black pepper, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Capsaicin, Capsiceae, Capsicum annuum, Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum cardenasii, Capsicum chacoense, Capsicum chinense, Capsicum eximium, Capsicum flexuosum, Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum lanceolatum, Capsicum mirabile, Capsicum pubescens, Capsicum rhomboideum, Carl Linnaeus, Cayenne pepper, Central America, Chana masala, Chicken tikka masala, Chili pepper, Chili powder, Chipotle, Chorizo, ... Expand index (122 more) »
'Nduja
'Nduja (from French andouille) is a spicy, spreadable pork sausage from the Calabria region of Italy.
Abiotic stress
Abiotic stress is the negative impact of non-living factors on the living organisms in a specific environment.
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Aerosol
An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas.
Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
Agriculture in Mesoamerica
Agriculture in Mesoamerica dates to the Archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology (8000–2000 BC).
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Ajvar
Ajvar (Cyrillic script: Ajвар, Aйвар) is a condiment made principally from sweet bell peppers and eggplants.
American Chinese cuisine
American Chinese cuisine is a cuisine derived from Chinese cuisine that was developed by Chinese Americans.
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American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Analgesic
An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.
Anglo-Indian cuisine
Anglo-Indian cuisine is the cuisine that developed during the British Raj in India.
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Australian English
Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia.
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Aztecs
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.
Banana pepper
The banana pepper (also known as the yellow wax pepper or banana chili) is a medium-sized member of the chili pepper family that has a mild, tangy taste.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Basilicata
Basilicata, also known by its ancient name Lucania, is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south.
Bell pepper
The bell pepper (also known as sweet pepper, pepper, capsicum or in some places, mangoes) is the fruit of plants in the Grossum Group of the species Capsicum annuum. Capsicum and bell pepper are crops originating from the Americas.
Berbere
Berbere (በርበሬ bärbäre, በርበረ bärbärä) is a spice mixture whose constituent elements usually include chili peppers, coriander, garlic, ginger, Ethiopian holy basil (besobela) seeds, korarima, rue, ajwain or radhuni, nigella, and fenugreek.
Berry
A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.
Biogeography
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.
Bird's eye chili
Bird's eye chili or Thai chili (พริกขี้หนู|lit.
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Black pepper
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Capsicum and Black pepper are Indian spices.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Capsaicin
Capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is an active component of chili peppers, which are plants belonging to the genus Capsicum.
Capsiceae
Capsiceae is a taxonomic tribe of bell peppers and related plants belonging to the Solanoideae subfamily within the family Solanaceae.
Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum is a fruiting plant from the family Solanaceae (nightshades), within the genus Capsicum which is native to the northern regions of South America and to southwestern North America.
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Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
Capsicum annuum var.
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Capsicum baccatum
Capsicum baccatum (Spanish: ají) is a member of the genus Capsicum, and is one of the five domesticated chili pepper species.
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Capsicum cardenasii
Capsicum cardenasii is a plant species in the genus Capsicum and the family Solanaceae.
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Capsicum chacoense
Capsicum chacoense is a species of the genus Capsicum native to South America.
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Capsicum chinense
Capsicum chinense, commonly known as a "habanero-type pepper", is a species of chili pepper native to the Americas.
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Capsicum eximium
Capsicum eximium is a member of the genus Capsicum with 2n.
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Capsicum flexuosum
Capsicum flexuosum is a member of the genus Capsicum, and is native to the New World, specifically the southern regions of Brazil.
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Capsicum frutescens
Capsicum frutescens is a wild chili pepper having genetic proximity to the cultivated pepper Capsicum chinense native to Central and South America.
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Capsicum lanceolatum
Capsicum lanceolatum is a species of plant in the genus Capsicum in the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
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Capsicum mirabile
Capsicum mirabile is a wild species of the genus Capsicum, which is found in the rainforests of Brazil.
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Capsicum pubescens
Capsicum pubescens is a plant of the genus Capsicum (pepper).
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Capsicum rhomboideum
Capsicum rhomboideum is a perennial member of the genus Capsicum with 2n.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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Cayenne pepper
The cayenne pepper is a type of Capsicum annuum.
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Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
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Chana masala
Chana masala (also chole masala, or chole) is a chickpea curry originating in the Indian subcontinent.
Chicken tikka masala
Chicken tikka masala is a dish consisting of roasted marinated chicken chunks (chicken tikka) in a spiced sauce.
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Chili pepper
Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli, are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. Capsicum and chili pepper are crops originating from the Americas and Indian spices.
Chili powder
Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (in which case it is also sometimes known as chili powder blend or chili seasoning mix).
Chipotle
A chipotle, or chilpotle, is a smoke-dried ripe jalapeño chili pepper used for seasoning.
Chorizo
Chorizo (from Spanish; Portuguese chouriço) is a type of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Conquistador
Conquistadors or conquistadores (lit 'conquerors') was a term used to refer to Spanish and Portuguese colonialists of the early modern period.
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.
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Cubanelle
The cubanelle, also known as the "Cuban pepper" (ají cubanela), is a varietal of mild sweet pepper from the species Capsicum annuum.
Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.
Cultivar group
A Group (previously cultivar-groupInternational Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, 4th edition (1969), 5th edition (1980) and 6th edition (1995)) is a formal category in the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) used for cultivated plants (cultivars) that share a defined characteristic.
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Curry powder
Curry powder is a spice mix originating from India, adapted from but not to be confused with the native spice mix of garam masala.
Damping off
Damping off (or damping-off) is a horticultural disease or condition, caused by several different pathogens that kill or weaken seeds or seedlings before or after they germinate.
Delicatessen
Traditionally, a delicatessen or deli is a grocery that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign prepared foods.
Dominance (genetics)
In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant (allele) of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome.
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English in the Commonwealth of Nations
The use of the English language in current and former member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was largely inherited from British colonisation, with some exceptions.
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Ethiopian cuisine
Ethiopian cuisine (የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ "Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā məgəb") characteristically consists of vegetable and often very spicy meat dishes.
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Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
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Friggitello
The friggitello (friggitelli) is a sweet Italian chili pepper of the species Capsicum annuum.
Fruit preserves
Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.
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Garam masala
Garam masala (from Hindustani / garam masālā, "hot spices") is a blend of ground spices originating from South Asia. Capsicum and garam masala are Indian spices.
Gazpacho
Gazpacho or gaspacho, also called Andalusian gazpacho, is a cold soup and drink made of raw, blended vegetables.
Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
General Tso's chicken
General Tso's chicken (左宗棠雞) is a sweet and spicy deep-fried chicken dish.
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Generally recognized as safe
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts under the conditions of its intended use.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Ghost pepper
The ghost pepper, also known as bhüt jolokia (or 'Ghost pepper' in Assamese), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a special structure that is designed to regulate the temperature and humidity of the environment inside.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Habanero
The habanero is a hot variety of chili.
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language of the proposed Ugric branch spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries.
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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Hydroponics
Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in an artificial environment.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian English
Indian English (IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora.
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Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
Insecticide
Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects.
Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisineDavid 1988, Introduction, pp.101–103 consisting of the ingredients, recipes, and cooking techniques developed in Italy since Roman times and later spread around the world together with waves of Italian diaspora.
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Jalapeño
The jalapeño is a medium-sized chili pepper pod type cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum. Capsicum and jalapeño are fruit vegetables.
Kimchi
Kimchi (gimchi) is a traditional Korean side dish (banchan) consisting of salted and fermented vegetables, most often napa cabbage or Korean radish.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Laziji
Laziji, also known as dry chili chicken, firecracker chicken, Chongqing chicken, and mala chicken, is a dish of chicken cubes stir-fried in chilis, Szechuan pepper, spicy fermented bean paste, garlic, and ginger.
Lecsó
Lecsó (Lecho,; lecsó; Czech and Slovak: lečo; Letscho; leczo; Russian and лечо) is a Hungarian thick vegetable ragout or stew which traditionally contains yellow pointed peppers, tomato, onion, salt, and ground sweet and/or hot paprika as a base recipe.
Lexico
Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
Lipophilicity
Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly") is the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene.
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List of Capsicum cultivars
This is a list of Capsicum cultivars belonging to the five major species of cultivated peppers (genus Capsicum): C. annuum, C. chinense, C. baccatum, C. frutescens, and C. pubescens.
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List of taxa named by Ruiz and Pavón
Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez are jointly cited as the authors of many botanical names.
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List of vegetables
This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables.
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Loam
Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size >), silt (particle size >), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size These proportions can vary to a degree, however, and result in different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, and loam.
Locule
A locule (locules) or loculus (little place;: loculi) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus).
Lycianthes
Lycianthes is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. Capsicum and Lycianthes are Solanaceae genera.
Lyutenica
Lyutenitsa, lutenica or ljutenica (lyuto or luto meaning "spicy") is a (sometimes spicy) vegetable relish or chutney in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian cuisines.
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Maya peoples
The Maya are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica.
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Naga Morich
The Naga Morich is a chili pepper originally grown in India and Bangladesh.
Nahuatl
Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
New Mexican cuisine
New Mexican cuisine is the cuisine of the Southwestern US state of New Mexico.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
New Mexico chile
New Mexico chile or New Mexican chile (Scientific name: Capsicum annuum 'New Mexico Group'; chile de Nuevo México, chile del norte) is a cultivar group of the chile pepper from the US state of New Mexico, first grown by Pueblo and Hispano communities throughout Santa Fe de Nuevo México. Capsicum and New Mexico chile are fruit vegetables.
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New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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New Zealand English
New Zealand English (NZE) is the variant of the English language spoken and written by most English-speaking New Zealanders.
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Non-lethal weapon
Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms with live ammunition.
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North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.
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Oaxaca
Oaxaca (also,, from Huāxyacac), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of the United Mexican States.
Olive oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.
Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant research university based in Corvallis, Oregon.
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Organic farming
Organic farming, also known as ecological farming or biological farming,Labelling, article 30 of is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Paprika
Paprika (US,; UK) is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers.
Peperone crusco
The peperone crusco ('crispy pepper' in the local dialects), also known as crusco pepper outside Italy, is a typical product of the Basilicata region of Italy.
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Pepper spray
Pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymator (tear gas) product containing the compound capsaicin as the active ingredient that irritates the eyes to cause burning and pain sensations, as well as temporary blindness.
Pepper X
Pepper X is a cultivar of Capsicum chili pepper bred by the American chili breeder Ed Currie, the creator of the Carolina Reaper.
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Photoperiodism
Photoperiod is the change of day length around the seasons.
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Pimiento
A pimiento or pimento or cherry pepper is a variety of large, red, heart-shaped chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) that measures 3 to 4 in (7 to 10 cm) long and 2 to 3 in (5 to 7 cm) wide (medium, elongate).
Piper (plant)
Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines, is an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae.
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Piri piri
Piri piri, often hyphenated or as one word, and with variant spellings peri-peri or pili pili, is a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens from the malagueta pepper.
Pisto
Pisto (also known as pisto manchego) is a Spanish dish originally from the Region of Murcia, Castilla La Mancha and Extremadura.
Pith
Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants.
Ploidy
Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.
Poblano
The poblano (Capsicum annuum) is a mild chili pepper originating in Puebla, Mexico.
Polbo á feira
Polbo á feira (literally meaning "fair-style octopus", pulpo a la gallega in Spanish, meaning Galician-style octopus)', is a traditional Galician dish.
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Polish language
Polish (język polski,, polszczyzna or simply polski) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group within the Indo-European language family written in the Latin script.
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Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.
Puebla
Puebla (colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla (Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.
Pungency
Pungency refers to the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, found in foods such as chili peppers.
Quechuan languages
Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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Richard Pankhurst (historian)
Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst OBE (3 December 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a British scholar, founding member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, and former professor at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
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Riot control
Riot control measures are used by law enforcement, military, paramilitary or security forces to control, disperse, and arrest people who are involved in a riot, unlawful demonstration or unlawful protest.
Scotch bonnet
Scotch bonnet (also known as Bonney peppers, or Caribbean red peppers) is a variety of chili pepper named for its supposed resemblance to a Scottish tam o' shanter bonnet.
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Scoville scale
The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU).
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Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
Self-pollination
Self-pollination is a form of pollination in which pollen from one plant arrives at the stigma of a flower (in flowering plants) or at the ovule (in gymnosperms) of the same plant.
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Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
Shewa
Shewa (ሸዋ; Shawaa; Somali: Shawa), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa (Scioà in Italian), is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire.
Shopska salad
Shopska salad (Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian: Шопска салата; Šopska salata; Salata bulgărească; Šopský salát; Sallatë Fshati; Sopszka saláta; Σαλάτα σόπσκα) is a cold salad popular throughout Southeastern Europe.
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Sichuan pepper
Sichuan pepper (timur), also known as Szechuan pepper, Chinese prickly ash, Chinese pepper, Mountain pepper, and mala pepper, is a spice commonly used in Sichuan cuisine in China, in Nepal, and in northeast India.
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Solanaceae
The Solanaceae, or the nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals.
Solanum
Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). Capsicum and Solanum are Solanaceae genera.
South African English
South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans.
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
Stimulant
Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of drugs that increase the activity of the brain.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
Tom yum
Tom yum or tom yam (ต้มยำ) is a family of hot and sour Thai soups.
Tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the tomato plant. Capsicum and tomato are fruit vegetables.
Topical medication
A topical medication is a medication that is applied to a particular place on or in the body.
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Torshi
Torshi (translit), or Tursu (turşu), are the pickled vegetables of many Middle Eastern, Iranian, Slavic and Balkan cuisines.
Transposable element
A transposable element (TE, transposon, or jumping gene) is a nucleic acid sequence in DNA that can change its position within a genome, sometimes creating or reversing mutations and altering the cell's genetic identity and genome size.
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Tubocapsicum
Tubocapsicum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Capsicum and Tubocapsicum are Solanaceae genera.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
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Variety (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form.
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Vassobia
Vassobia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Capsicum and Vassobia are Solanaceae genera.
Witheringia
Witheringia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, with a neotropical distribution. Capsicum and Witheringia are Solanaceae genera.
Yejju
The Yejju Oromo, also historically known as the Yajju, Edjow or Edjou Galla, are a sub-clan of the Barento branch of Oromo people.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum
Also known as Capiscum, Capsicums, Giardinera peppers.
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