Scoville heat unit
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Scoville heat unit
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From Scoville + heat + unit. From Wilbur Scoville, who invented the unit and its scale. From being a unit of measure of the perceived heat or burning from the spiciness engendered by the capsaicin content.
noun Scoville heat units
- The unit in which the Scoville scale is measured. There is the Ghost Chili (Bhut Jolokia) which sits at a scorching 1,001,304 Scoville heat units.
