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Onion vs Capsicum - What's the difference?

onion | capsicum |

As nouns the difference between onion and capsicum

is that onion is a monocotyledonous plant (allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice while capsicum is any of several tropical american plants, of the genus capsicum'', principally the species ''capsicum annuum'' and ''capsicum frutescens , that are cultivated as edible peppers.

onion

English

(wikipedia onion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  • The bulb of such a plant.
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  • (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
  • A ball.
  • (colloquial, chiefly, archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
  • Derived terms

    See also

    * chive * scallion * shallot

    References

    capsicum

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum'', principally the species ''Capsicum annuum'' and ''Capsicum frutescens , that are cultivated as edible peppers.
  • The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell peppers.
  • Hyponyms

    * (plants) cayenne pepper, Guinea pepper, Jamaica pepper, paprika

    Derived terms

    * capsicum spray