Pungency
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Pungency, commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, is a sensation that contributes to the flavor of certain foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent foods may be experienced as unpleasan
A display of hot peppers and the Scoville scale at a supermarket in Houston, Texas
A display of spices in Guadeloupe: some pungent, some not
Chili pepper
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Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli, are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. They are
Pungency
…Pungency ( PUN-jən-see), commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, is a sensation that contributes to the flavor of certain foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent foods may be experienced as unpleasant. The term piquancy ( PEEK-ən-see) is sometimes applied to foods with a lower degree of pungency…
Chili peppers of varied colours and sizes: green bird's eye, yellow Madame Jeanette, red cayenne
Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu, 1804
Young plants
Buds and flowers