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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Capsaicin

/kăpˌ-sās'-ən/ · Cap·sa·i·cin · IPA /kæpˈseɪəsən/
01 n. A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.
  1. 1.
    A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.(Chem.)