Who Calls It Capsicum?

You can imagine how that went,” one person wrote. “Try ordering water in the US with an Aussie accent,” another said. Why do Australians say capsicum? Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan all call the vegetable capsicum in reference to its scientific name, capsicum annum.

What countries call it capsicum?

The large, mild form is called bell pepper, or by color or both (green pepper, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, etc.) in North America and South Africa, sweet pepper or simply pepper in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malaysia, but typically called capsicum in Australia, India, New Zealand and Singapore.

Where does the name capsicum come from?

Capsicum is the name of the genus of the flowering plants and their fruit that we know and eat as “bell peppers” or just “peppers”. Their name comes from the Greek word “kapto” which means “to bite” or “to swallow”. There are different types of peppers, and we used them as food vegetables, spices, and in medicine.