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Capsicum

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 or Cayenne pepper of commerce.

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Bell pepper 76% connected

A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

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Bird pepper 76% connected

A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

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Cayenne 76% connected

Cayenne pepper.

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Pimento 76% connected

Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Capsaicin 70% connected

A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

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Pepper 70% connected

A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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Pepper 92% connected

A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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Ammonite noun · 78% connection

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having ex…

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Barbed adjective · 78% connection

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

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Biting adjective · 78% connection

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

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Chrysanthemum noun · 78% connection

A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and p…

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Cocciferous adjective · 78% connection

Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants.

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Cress noun · 78% connection

any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

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Dogwood noun · 78% connection

The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.

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Garfish noun · 78% connection

One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…

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Garget noun · 78% connection

tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy…

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Genus noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…

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Geranium noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or s…

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Gnat noun · 78% connection

any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

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Hot superl. · 78% connection

Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.

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Impatiens noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched,…

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Intense adjective · 78% connection

Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement;…

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Lecythis noun · 78% connection

A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucaj…

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Milkwort noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of mi…

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