capsicine

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English

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Etymology

From German Capsicin, from New Latin Capsicum + German -in.[1]

Noun

capsicine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsaicin.

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References

  1. ^ capsaicin, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for capsicine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)