capsaicin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy. uncountable,usually

词形变化

capsaicins plural

词源

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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