English-Thai Dictionary

capsicum

N พืช ชนิด จำพวก พริก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPSICUM

n.Guinea pepper.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPSICUM

Cap "si *cum, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. capsa box, chest. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red of Cayenne pepper of commerce.

 

Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or birs pepper. C, annuum or chili pepper, C. frutesens or spur pepper, and C. annuum or Guinea pepeer, which includes the bell pepper and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. See Cayenne pepper.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

capsicum

cap si cum |ˈkapsikəm ˈkæpsəkəm | ▶noun ( pl. capsicums ) a tropical American pepper plant of the nightshade family with fruits containing many seeds. Many cultivated varieties with edible, pungent fruits have been developed. [Genus Capsicum, family Solanaceae: several species and varieties, in particular C. annuum var. annuum, the cultivated forms of which include the ‘grossum ’ group (sweet peppers ) and the ‘longum ’ group (chili peppers ).] • the fruit of any of these plants, varying in size, color, and pungency. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: modern Latin, perhaps from Latin capsa (see case 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

capsicum

capsicum |ˈkapsɪkəm | ▶noun ( pl. capsicums ) a tropical American plant of the nightshade family with fruits (peppers ) containing many seeds. Many cultivated kinds have been developed. ●Genus Capsicum, family Solanaceae: several species and varieties, in particular C. annuum var. annuum, the cultivated forms of which include the ‘grossum ’ group (sweet peppers ) and the ‘longum ’ group (chilli peppers ). • the fruit of any of the capsicum plants, varying in size, colour, and pungency. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: modern Latin, perhaps from Latin capsa (see case 2 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Capsicum

Cap si cum , das Kapsikum |C a psicum |

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

capsicum

cap si cum /kǽpsɪkəm /名詞 C U 〘植 〙トウガラシ ; その実 .