oleoresin capiscum

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   an oleoresin extracted from the capsicum pepper plant

   Broaderoleoresin

Questions about oleoresin capiscum

What does oleoresin capiscum mean?

oleoresin capiscum means "an oleoresin extracted from the capsicum pepper plant".

Is oleoresin capiscum a common word?

oleoresin capiscum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.