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capsaicin

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9 lettersPronunciation /kæpˈseɪəsən/Part of speech nounSorted aacciinpsStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The compound that gives chili peppers their heat.

Word origin

Arbitrary alteration of earlier capsicine, capsicin (“material extracted from cayenne pepper”), presumably to prevent confusion, from German Capsicin, from New Latin capsicum + German -in. Name introduced by John Clough Thresh (1850–1932) in “Capsaicin, the Active Principle of Capsicum Fruits”.

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