cap·si·cum   Pronunciation Key  (kps-km)
n.
  1. Any of various tropical American pepper plants of the genus Capsicum, especially any of the numerous cultivated forms of the species C. annuum and C. frutescens.

[New Latin Capsicum, genus name, perhaps from Latin capsa, box (from its podlike fruit).]
 
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capsicum

\Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


o·le·o·res·in   Pronunciation Key  (l--rzn)
n.
     naturally occurring mixture of an oil and a resin extracted from various plants, such as pine or balsam fir.
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oleoresin

\O`le*o*res"in\, n. [L. oleum oil + E. resin.] 1. (Chem.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.

2. (Med.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution. -- O`le*o*res\"in*ous, a.
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oleoresin

n : a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University