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True or false: The seeds are the spiciest part of a pepper.
True or false: The seeds are the spiciest part of a pepper.
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The most spicy portion of a pepper is the placenta, or pith, not the seeds themselves. The pepper seeds often have residual capsaicin on their surface due to contact with the placenta, but the actual seeds do not contain any capsaicin.