WASHINGTON â Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Steve Mnuchin as secretary of the treasury: âI congratulate Mr. Mnuchin on his confirmation to serve as secretary of the treasury,â said Thune.
Capsicum (/ËkÃ¦psÉªkÉm/;[3] also known as peppers) is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its species are native to the Americas, where they have been cultivated for thousands of years.
Christopher Columbus called chili as 'pepper.' The misnomer pepper was used because Christopher thought it belonged to black pepper family. India-Chili, also called Mirchi in Hindi In India, it is spelled as chili.However, the common term used for chili is 'Mirchi' in Hindi language.America-Chile and Chile pepper The term 'chile' is not to be confused with the country Chile.The Americans followed the Spanish spelling 'chile.' Although its fruit is known as aji.urope-Chili, Chili Chili (chili con carne) is commonly used in European countries. Although in Oxford English Dictionary, it has the spelling chili. There are other names used to refer the fruit of capsicum plant like hot pepper commonly called as chile pepper, bell pepper commonly known as capsicum pepper.