active component of chili peppers, 1851, from capsicum, from which it is extracted, + chemical suffixes. Capsicine (1816) was an earlier name of an impure form of it.
caprice
capricious
Capricorn
caprine
capris
capsaicin
capsicum
capsid
capsize
capstan
capstone
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