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noun
a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, with small, elongated berries.
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Origin of bird pepper
First recorded in 1780–90
Words nearby bird pepper
bird of ill omen, bird of paradise, bird of passage, bird of peace, bird of prey, bird pepper, bird ring, birds, bird's beak, birdseed, bird's-eye
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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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