bird pepper

noun

a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, with small, elongated berries.

Origin of bird pepper

First recorded in 1780–90

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Examples from the Web for bird pepper

Historical Examples of bird pepper

The Palma Christi and bird-pepper grow into perennial plants, living and producing many years.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes
Sylvia Sunshine

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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