apsicum
n.
5ModL < L capsa, a box (see CASE2), from the shape of the seedpods6
1 any of a genus (Capsicum) of pepper plants of the nightshade family, with fleshy, usually red pods, including the hot peppers (Tabasco, bird, chili, cayenne) and the sweet peppers (bell)
2 these pods variously prepared as condiments or, in medicine, as a gastric stimulant