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  • noun Plural form of capsicum.

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Examples

  • We had dishes ranging from spicy tofu with Chinese characters of peace and love scribed on the plate to meat kabobs with flower cut mushrooms and Red Capicums (Mark forgive me if I spelled "capsicums" incorrectly).

    Cal Poly MBA Trip 2008

  • Starts with brisket, that boy does, braised in stout with garden herbs, capsicums and tomatillos, couple of secret ingredients just to round the hot stuff out, all served up on a china plate, with a side of rice and turtle beans.

    Eddie's Story TimChambers 2011

  • Starts with brisket, that boy does, braised in stout with garden herbs, capsicums and tomatillos, couple of secret ingredients just to round the hot stuff out, all served up on a china plate, with a side of rice and turtle beans.

    Eddie's Story TimChambers 2011

  • Just enough for a chilli plant, herbs, a couple of tomatoes, an eggplant and two capsicums.

    Flat-Fruit-Living Jess 2010

  • Just enough for a chilli plant, herbs, a couple of tomatoes, an eggplant and two capsicums.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Jess 2010

  • Above the humid plant smells, and the salty smell from the pool, he was caught in a delicious slipstream of garlic and ginger and capsicums as the waiters passed by.

    Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners 2009

  • The recipe calls for green peppers (bell peppers/capsicums).

    Archive 2007-11-01 Nupur 2007

  • I halted in front of a display of shiny capsicums bell peppers.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Shaun 2008

  • I decided on a shortcut to get around roasting the capsicums; thus, I could also work on my version of hummus - and the two would be combined in a warm pita pocket.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Shaun 2008

  • I love the solanaceae family, not only because the members of its clan have the coolest names in the botanical world (datura and deadly nightshade - the belladonna genus is the deadliest of the bunch with high levels of alkaloids) but because the plants that are edible produce either fruit (like capsicums, aubergines and tomatoes) or berries (such as wolfberry) - and you know of my looooooooovvvve for aubergines.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Shaun 2008

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