CAPSAICIN


Meaning of CAPSAICIN in English

/kap say"euh sin/ , n.

a colorless, crystalline, bitter compound, C 18 H 27 NO 3 , present in capsicum.

[ 1885-90; earlier capsicine, equiv. to CAPSIC(UM) + -INE 2 ; refashioned with capsa- ( caps- and -IN 2 for -INE 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .