bird pepper
noun
a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, with small, elongated berries.
Origin of bird pepper
1First recorded in 1780–90
Words Nearby bird pepper
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How to use bird pepper in a sentence
The Palma Christi and bird-pepper grow into perennial plants, living and producing many years.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes | Sylvia SunshineThe dried fruit of a plant called bird pepper, a native of both Indies.
British Dictionary definitions for bird pepper
bird pepper
noun
a tropical solanaceous plant, Capsicum frutescens, thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
the narrow podlike hot-tasting fruit of this plant
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