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A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Capsize
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Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule.
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A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
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Alt. of Capsulated
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A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.
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One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
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A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.
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Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.
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Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.
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Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
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A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.
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Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.
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Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
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Alt. of Capsulary
imp. & p. p.
of Capsize
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The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.
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a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
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Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.
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A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.
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