- capsicum
[capsicum 词源字典]
- capsicum: see case
[capsicum etymology, capsicum origin, 英语词源] - Capsicum (n.)
- genus of pepper plants, 1660s, of unknown origin, a word said to have been chosen by French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708); perhaps irregularly formed from Latin capsa "box" (see case (n.2)).