cap.si.cum
n.（名词）
Any of various tropical American pepper plants of the genusCapsicum, especially any of the numerous cultivated forms of the species C. annuum and C. frutescens.
辣椒：辣椒属 的任一种热带美洲辣椒属植物，尤指 一年生辣椒属 和 灌木状辣椒属 中一种栽培形式
The fruit of any of these plants, especially the dried pungent types used as a condiment and in medicine.
辣椒：辣椒属植物的果实，尤指辛辣的干辣椒，用作调味品，也可作药用
来源：
New Latin Capsicum [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Capsicum [属名]
perhaps from Latin capsa [box (from its podlike fruit)]
可能源自 拉丁语 capsa [盒子（得名于它的类似豆荚的果实）]
