bird pepper Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
Capsicum frutescens baccatum; Capsicum baccatum.
WordNet
Bird" pep`per
Definitions
A species of capsicum ( Capsicum baccatum ), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
