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Nature's dare, ranging from harmless bell to face-melting ghost.
means A family of fruiting plants whose pods range from sweet and crunchy to ferociously hot, used as vegetables and spices.
from The name comes from Latin piper, originally meaning black pepper from India; Columbus misapplied it to the unrelated New World chili and the confusion stuck forever.
Botanically fruitPeppers are berries, not vegetables, technically.
Heat chemicalCapsaicin tricks nerves into sensing burning.
Birds immuneBirds feel no heat, spreading seeds widely.
Color stagesGreen peppers are just unripe red ones.