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spicy

adj.

1. denoting the taste of highly flavored foods. Spiciness is conveyed mainly through activity of the trigeminal nerve (see trigeminal chemoreception) rather than the gustatory system.

2. denoting one of the primary odor qualities in Henning’s odor prism. —spiciness n.

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