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bird pepper

DEFINITIONS OF: bird pepper

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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

Synonyms:
Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum
Type of:
capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
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