bird pepper
bird pepper · bird peppers
A tropical American plant, Capsicum baccatumA tropical American plant, Capsicum baccatum.
Meaning
2 sensesA tropical American plant, Capsicum baccatum.
The very hot, red fruit of this plant.
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
Forms
plural: bird peppersSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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 baccatumCapsicum baccatum
See also
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