capsaicin

[化] 辣椒碱; 辣椒素 [医] 辣椒辣素

发音

其它 /kæpˈseɪəsən/

词形变化

capsaicins 复数 capsaicins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.

    辣椒素

    辣椒碱

    不可数 化学

词汇关系

名词

整体词 2

pepper capsicum

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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