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CAPSAICIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("capsaicin" is a kind of...):
chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)
Holonyms ("capsaicin" is a substance of...):
capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
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