
Define the word bird pepper"Bird pepper" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Bird pepper \Bird" pep`per\
A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small,
conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red
peppers.
[1913 Webster]
"bird pepper" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
bird pepper
n : 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
[syn: Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum]
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