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• Pungency — (also called piquancy) is a sharp and biting sensory impression. Food that causes this sensation is often called spicy . Regarding chili peppers, it refers to a scientific equivalent of the Scoville scale of measuring spicyness. Mechanism The… …   Wikipedia

• Capsicum — Taxobox name = Capsicum image width = 250px image caption = Red Capsicum and longitudinal section regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Asteridae order = Solanales familia = Solanaceae genus = Capsicum… …   Wikipedia

• List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… …   Wikipedia

• Capsaicin — Chembox new ImageFile1 = Capsaicin chemical structure.png ImageSize1 = 250px ImageFile2 = Capsaicin 3D vdW.png ImageSize2 = 250px IUPACName = 8 Methyl N vanillyl trans 6 nonenamide OtherNames = (E) N (4 Hydroxy 3 methoxybenzyl) 8 methylnon 6… …   Wikipedia

• Scoville scale — The Scoville scale is a measure of the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper. These fruits of the Capsicum genus contain capsaicin, a chemical compound which stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes. The …   Wikipedia

• Mustard oil — The term mustard oil is used for three different oils that are made from mustard seeds: A fatty vegetable oil resulting from pressing the seeds, An essential oil resulting from grinding the seeds, mixing them with water, and extracting the… …   Wikipedia

• onion — onionlike, adj. oniony, adj. /un yeuhn/, n. 1. a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb. 2. any of certain similar plants. 3. the bulb of the onion plant. 4. the flavor or odor of this bulb. 5.… …   Universalium

• pepper — pepperer, n. pepperish, adj. pepperishly, adv. /pep euhr/, n. 1. a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, esp. from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum. 2. any plant of the …   Universalium

• Piperine — Chembox new ImageFile = Piperine crystals.jpg ImageFile1 = piperine1.png ImageName = IUPACName = 1 [5 (1,3 Benzodioxol 5 yl) 1 oxo 2,4 pentadienyl] piperidine Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 94 62 2 SMILES = O=C(/C=C/C=C/C2=CC=C… …   Wikipedia

• Black pepper — Pepper plant with immature peppercorns Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• salt — salt1 saltlike, adj. /sawlt/, n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 2. table salt mixed with a particular herb or… …   Universalium