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Pungency is the condition of having a strong, sharp smell or flavor. Pungency is the technical term used by scientists to refer to the characteristic of food commonly referred to as spiciness or hotness and sometimes heat, which is found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant. It has been showed by research done at the University of Newfoundland, Canada, that accidental nasal ingestion of pungent food may lead to inflammation of the lungs, and if left untreated, in some cases, death may occur.
The term piquancy () is sometimes applied to foods with a lower degree of pungency that are "agreeably stimulating to the palate". Examples of piquant food include mustard and curry.

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